Dosimetric predictors of temporal lobe injury after intensity-modulated radiotherapy for T4 nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a competing risk study
Abstract Background In patients with T4 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), death may occur prior to the occurrence of temporal lobe injury (TLI). Because such competing risk death precludes the occurrence of TLI and thus the competing risk analysis should be applied to TLI research. The aim was to inve...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Radiation Oncology |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1229-9 |