Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

WI Wei, JST Sham - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma has remained high in endemic regions. Diagnosing
the disease in the early stages requires a high index of clinical acumen and, although most …

Factors affecting risk of symptomatic temporal lobe necrosis: significance of fractional dose and treatment time

…, SF Leung, SY Tung, WM Sze, JST Sham… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: To study the factors affecting the risk of symptomatic temporal lobe necrosis after
different fractionation schedules. Methods and Materials: One thousand thirty-two patients …

Prognostic factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a review of 759 patients

JST Sham, D Choy - The British journal of radiology, 1990 - academic.oup.com
The records of 759 Stage I to IV nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients seen between January
1976 and December 1983 were reviewed. There were 72 (9.5%), 162 (21.3%), 317 (41.8%) …

Xerostomia and quality of life after intensity-modulated radiotherapy vs. conventional radiotherapy for early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma: initial report on a …

…, AS McMillan, MCM Wong, JST Sham… - International Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Purpose: To compare directly the effect of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) vs.
conventional radiotherapy (CRT) on salivary flow and quality of life (QoL) in patients with early-…

[PDF][PDF] Preliminary results of a randomized study on therapeutic gain by concurrent chemotherapy for regionally-advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: NPC-9901 Trial …

…, L Siu, WM Sze, TW Leung, JST Sham… - Journal of Clinical …, 2005 - biostat.wisc.edu
… Xu, Lillian Siu, WM Sze, TW Leung, Jonathan ST Sham, Roger KC Ngan, Stephen CK Law,
TK Yau, Joseph SK Au, Brian O’Sullivan, Ellie SY Pang, SK O, Gordon KH Au, and Joseph T …

Postoperative radiotherapy for carcinoma of the esophagus: a prospective, randomized controlled study

M Fok, JST Sham, D Choy, SWK Cheng, J Wong - Surgery, 1993 - surgjournal.com
Methods. A prospective, randomized controlled study of radiotherapy after resection of
esophageal carcinoma was carried out in 130 patients. Patients were stratified according to …

Preliminary report of the Asian‐Oceanian Clinical Oncology Association randomized trial comparing cisplatin and epirubicin followed by radiotherapy versus …

DTT Chua, JST Sham, D Choy… - … Journal of the …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The aim of this trial was to compare the outcome achieved with neoadjuvant
chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy to that achieved with radiotherapy alone for …

Concurrent and adjuvant chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a factorial study

DLW Kwong, JST Sham, GKH Au, DTT Chua… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To study the efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and adjuvant chemotherapy
(AC) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Patients and Methods Patients with Ho's …

Long-term survival after cisplatin-based induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a pooled data analysis of two phase III trials

DTT Chua, J Ma, JST Sham, HQ Mai… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To evaluate the long-term outcome in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
treated with induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy (CRT) versus radiotherapy alone (…

Intensity‐modulated radiotherapy for early‐stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective study on disease control and preservation of salivary function

DLW Kwong, EHN Pow, JST Sham, AS McMillan… - Cancer, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Xerostomia is a uniform complication after radiotherapy (RT) for nasopharyngeal
carcinoma (NPC). Dosimetric studies suggested that intensity‐modulated RT (IMRT) …