Correlation between nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumor volume and the 2002 International Union Against Cancer tumor classification system

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Zheng ^b   Gu, Mo Fa ^a   Zeng, Rui Fang ^c   Su, Yong ^a   Huang, Shao Min ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b HUNAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Primary tumor volume; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC METAL COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISTANT METASTASIS; DISTANT METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TUMOR VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875935326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-87     Document Type: Article

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