Treatment outcome of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with retropharyngeal lymph nodes metastasis only and the feasibility of elective neck irradiation

Oral Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1045-1050

  Ou, Xiaomin ^a   Shen, Chunying ^a   Kong, Lin ^a   Wang, Xiaoshen ^a   Ding, Jianhui ^a   Gao, Yunsheng ^a   Xu, Tingting ^a   Hu, Chaosu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Elective neck irradiation; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Recurrence; Retropharyngeal lymph node

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISTANT METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; TOXICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866408697     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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