Post-treatment late complications of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2401-2409

  Lee, Cheng Chang ^a   Ho, Ching Yin ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Late complications; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHOANA ATRESIA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MYELITIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECROSIS; NEUROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84867278287     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1922-2     Document Type: Article

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