Nasopharyngectomy for locally advanced recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Exploring the limits

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 923-928

  Chan, Jimmy Yu Wai ^a   Chow, Velda Ling Yu ^a   Tsang, Raymond ^a   Wei, William I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Craniofacial resection; Maxillary swing operation; Recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Vastus lateralis muscle flap

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NASOPHARYNGECTOMY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHARYNGECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862860980     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21855     Document Type: Article

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