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Persistent and recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Stoker, S.D.
2017
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Stoker, S. D. (2017). Persistent and recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Focused on Indonesia.
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction & outline of the thesis 7
Part 1: Early diagnosis of persistent and recurrent NPC, and new treatment modalities
Chapter 2: Can Epstein-Barr virus DNA load in nasopharyngeal brushings or whole blood predict recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a non-endemic region? A prospective nationwide study of the Dutch Head and Neck
Oncology Cooperative Group 27
Chapter 3: Current Treatment Options for Local Residual Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma 47
Chapter 4: Photodynamic therapy as salvage therapy for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma experiencing local failures following definitive radiotherapy 71
Chapter 5: Epstein-Barr virus targeted therapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma 87
Part 2: Nasopharyngeal cancer in Indonesia: problems and possible solutions
Chapter 6: A prospective study: Current problems in radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal
carcinoma in Yogyakarta, Indonesia 113
Chapter 7: The impact of the overall radiotherapy time on clinical outcome of patients
with nasopharyngeal carcinoma; a retrospective study 129
Chapter 8: Current status of cancer care for young patients with nasopharyngeal
carcinoma in Jakarta, Indonesia 147
Chapter 9: Discussion and future perspectives 167
