Clinical findings and imaging features of 67 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with postradiation nasopharyngeal necrosis

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 533-538

  Chen, Ming Yuan ^a   Mai, Hai Qiang ^a   Sun, Rui ^a   Guo, Xiang ^a   Zhao, Chong ^a   Hong, Ming Huang ^a   Hua, Yi Jun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Necrosis; Osteoradionecrosis; Radiation

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTRADIATION NASOPHARYNGEAL NECROSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE INJURY; TWO DIMENSIONAL CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; NECROSIS; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84884887967     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.012.10252     Document Type: Article

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