Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children and adolescents in an endemic area: A report of 185 cases

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1454-1460

  Yan, Zheng ^a   Xia, Liangping ^a   Huang, Yuanyuan ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Jiang, Li ^a   Zhang, Bei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Morbidity; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; PACLITAXEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; MORBIDITY; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882579102     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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