Endoscope-Guided Interstitial Intensity-Modulated Brachytherapy and Intracavitary Brachytherapy as Boost Radiation for Primary Early T Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Xiang-Bo Wan; Rou Jiang; Fang-Yun Xie; Zhen-Yu Qi; Ai-Ju Li; Wei-Jun Ye; Yi-Jun Hua; Yu-Liang Zhu; Xiong Zou; Ling Guo; Hai-Qiang Mai; Xiang Guo; Ming-Huang Hong; Ming-Yuan Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090048

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Endoscope-Guided Interstitial Intensity-Modulated Brachytherapy and Intracavitary Brachytherapy as Boost Radiation for Primary Early T Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Xiang-Bo Wan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang-Bo Wan, Rou Jiang, Fang-Yun Xie

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Department of Radiation Oncology, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Rou Jiang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang-Bo Wan, Rou Jiang, Fang-Yun Xie

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Fang-Yun Xie ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang-Bo Wan, Rou Jiang, Fang-Yun Xie

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Zhen-Yu Qi,

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Ai-Ju Li,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Wei-Jun Ye,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Yi-Jun Hua,

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Yu-Liang Zhu,

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Xiong Zou,

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Ling Guo,

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Hai-Qiang Mai,

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Xiang Guo,

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Ming-Huang Hong,

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Ming-Yuan Chen

* E-mail: chmingy@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Endoscope-Guided Interstitial Intensity-Modulated Brachytherapy and Intracavitary Brachytherapy as Boost Radiation for Primary Early T Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Xiang-Bo Wan,
Rou Jiang,
Fang-Yun Xie,
Zhen-Yu Qi,
Ai-Ju Li,
Wei-Jun Ye,
Yi-Jun Hua,
Yu-Liang Zhu,
Xiong Zou,
Ling Guo

Published: March 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090048

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