Long-term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Re-irradiation for Locally Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma using Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 569-576

  Han, Fei ^a   Zhao, Chong ^a   Huang, Shao Min ^a   Lu, Li Xia ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Deng, Xiao Wu ^a   Mai, Wei Yuan ^b   Teh, Bin S ^b   Butler, E Brian ^c   Lu, Tai Xiang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Re irradiation; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865993930     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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