A case of thyroid metastasis of nasopharyngeal cancer

Tumori

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chiumento, Costanza ^a   Fiorentino, Alba ^a   Castaldo, Giovanni ^a   Fusco, Vincenzo ^a  

^a REFERRAL CANCER CENTER OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiochemotherapy; Thyroid metastasis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHONIA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; ODYNOPHAGIA; OTALGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID METASTASIS; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 83055193653     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161109700525     Document Type: Article

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