Indication of lower neck irradiation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma without nodal metastasis: The potential impact of tumor volume

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2120-2124

  Fu, Jie ^a   Zhou, Jia Yin ^b   Chong, Vincent F H ^c   Khoo, James B K ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Tumor volume measurement

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84878682372     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20123156     Document Type: Article

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