## Abstract ## Background Stereotactic radiosurgery has been used to treat intracranial tumors. Recently, it has also been used for the treatment of head and neck tumors involving the base of skull, including recurrent NPC. ## Methods From October 1994 to April 1999, 36 patients with recurrent N
Reirradiation for locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Treatment results and prognostic factors
✍ Scribed by Didem Çolpan Öksüz; Gülşen Meral; Ömer Uzel; Pembe Çağatay; Sedat Turkan
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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