Late toxicities after conventional radiation therapy alone for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-311

  Tuan, Jeffrey Kit Loong ^a   Ha, Tam Cam ^a,b   Ong, Whee Sze ^a   Siow, Tian Rui ^a   Tham, Ivan Weng Keong ^c   Yap, Swee Peng ^a   Tan, Terence Wee Kiat ^a   Chua, Eu Tiong ^a   Fong, Kam Weng ^a   Wee, Joseph Tien Seng ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conventional radiation; Cranial nerve palsies; Late treatment toxicity; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK INJURY; OTORRHEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TINNITUS; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866426836     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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