Locoregional extension patterns of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and suggestions for clinical target volume delineation

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 579-587

  Li, Wen Fei ^a   Sun, Ying ^a   Chen, Mo ^a   Tang, Ling Long ^a   Liu, Li Zhi ^a   Mao, Yan Ping ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Zhou, Guan Qun ^a   Li, Li ^a   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical target volume; Local extension; Lymph node spread; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOCOREGIONAL EXTENSION; LOWER NECK LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE NECK LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PALATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIP METASTASIS; TENSOR VELI PALATINE MUSCLE; UPPER NECK LYMPH NODE METASTASIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84871154176     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.012.10095     Document Type: Article

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