## BACKGROUND. The fifth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging manual defines new rules for classifying nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The authors tested the value of this new system by applying these rules retrospectively to their previously treated patients and comparing the resul
A new staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China
β Scribed by Min Huaqing; Hong Minghuang; Ma Jun; Zhang Enpi; Zheng Qixiang; Zhang Jin; Zhang Jinming; Zhang Feng; Su Yong; Qiu Fang
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 525 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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