## 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 of Locally Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Erzsébet Lengyel; Károly Baricza; Andreás Somogyi; Judit Olajos; Zsuzsanna Pápai; Mária Gődény; Gyorgy Németh; Olga Ésik
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 179
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-7158
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