Long Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of N0 Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: a Single Institutional Experience with 610 Patients |
Sun, Jian-Da
(Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College)
Chen, Chuang-Zhen (Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College) Chen, Jian-Zhou (Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College) Li, Dong-Sheng (Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College) Chen, Zhi-Jian (Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College) Zhou, Ming-Zhen (Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College) Li, De-Rui (Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College) |
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