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Nasopharyngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)

Health Professional Version
Last Modified: 02/10/2012

Changes to This Summary (02/10/2012)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

General Information About Nasopharyngeal Cancer 1

Added Mendenhall et al. as reference 6 2.

Stage Information About Nasopharyngeal Cancer 3

Added Mendenhall et al. as reference 3 4.

Treatment Option Overview 5

Added Mendenhall et al. as reference 6 6.

Stage III Nasopharyngeal Cancer 7

Added Mendenhall et al. as reference 15 8.

Stage IV Nasopharyngeal Cancer 9

Added Mendenhall et al. as reference 15 10.

Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Cancer 11

Added Mendenhall et al. as reference 1 12.

Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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8http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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9http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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10http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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11http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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12http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/HealthProfessio
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