Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in the salvage of locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 676-683

  Qiu, Sufang ^a,b   Lin, Shaojun ^a   Tham, Ivan W K ^b   Pan, Jianji ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Lu, Jiade J ^b  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Local recurrence; Nasopharyngeal neoplasms; Outcomes; Reirradiation

Indexed keywords

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LOCAL RECURRENCE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASM; OUTCOMES; REIRRADIATION;

CHEMOTHERAPY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NOSE ULCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84861098191     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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