Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy and its role in managing locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1141-1154

  Ong, Yew Kwang ^a   Solares, C Arturo ^b   Lee, Steve ^c   Snyderman, Carl H ^d   Fernandez Miranda, Juan ^d   Gardner, Paul A ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscope; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nasopharyngectomy; Nasopharynx

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC NASOPHARYNGECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE NASOPHARYNGECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHARYNGECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053540993     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.07.002     Document Type: Review

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