Background. The endoscopic and histologic findings before and after radiotherapy (RT) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) were correlated to study the sensitivity and specificity of endoscopic findings in predicting histologic results. The efficiacy of endoscopic examination and post-RT multiple site
The time course of histologic remission after treatment of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
โ Scribed by Dora L. W. Kwong; John Nicholls; William I. Wei; Daniel T. T. Chua; Jonathan S. T. Sham; P. W. Yuen; Ashley C. K. Cheng; K. Y. Wan; Philip W. K. Kwong; Damon T. K. Choy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
The objective of this study was to define the time course of histologic remission and to evaluate the prognostic significance of delayed histologic remission of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
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