Increased risk of ischemic stroke in young nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Ching Chih ^a,b,c   Su, Yu Chieh ^b,c   Ho, Hsu Chueh ^b,c   Hung, Shih Kai ^b,c   Lee, Moon Sing ^b,c   Chiou, Wen Yen ^b   Chou, Pesus ^a   Huang, Yung Sung ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Cumulative risk; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CAROTID STENOSIS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTROL GROUPS; COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL; GENERAL POPULATION; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; HAZARD RATIO; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ISCHEMIC STROKES; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; PATIENT POPULATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE DISABILITIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HAZARDS; RADIOTHERAPY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 81855194072     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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