Long-term efficacy of microwave hyperthermia combined with chemoradiotherapy in treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with cervical lymph node metastases

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7395-7400

  Kang, Min ^a   Liu, Wen Qi ^a   Qin, Yu Tao ^a   Wei, Zhu Xin ^a   Wang, Ren Sheng ^a  

^a FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Efficacy; Hyperthermia; Metastatic node; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84893412828     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.12.7395     Document Type: Article

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