Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Salvage of local recurrence

Oral Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 768-774

  Lee, Anne W M ^a   Fee Jr , Willard E ^b   Ng, W T ^a   Chan, L K ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Efficacy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nasopharyngectomy; Radiotherapy; Recurrent; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE;

BONE NECROSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAROTID ARTERY HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID BLOWOUT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; EAR INJURY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FISTULA; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; IRRADIATION; LOCAL FAILURE FREE RATE; MORTALITY; MUCOSAL NECROSIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNGEAL NECROSIS; NASOPHARYNGECTOMY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALATE FISTULA; PARAMETERS; PARTICLE BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INDUCED MYELOPATHY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 84865187392     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.02.017     Document Type: Review

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