Influence of Cervical Node Necrosis of Different Grades on the Prognosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 959-966

  Zhang, Lu Lu ^a   Li, Jia Xiang ^b   Zhou, Guan Qun ^a   Tang, Ling Long ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Lin, Ai Hua ^c   Qi, Zhen Yu ^a   Sun, Ying ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b First People's Hosp Zhaoqing City   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical Node necrosis; Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL NODE NECROSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85015082270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.17998     Document Type: Article

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