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Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi
; 19(2): 72-3, 2005 Jan.
Article
in Chinese
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15844581
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: It is an evaluation of radionuclide bone scanning in detecting bone metastasis in the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy. METHOD: The bone scanning was performed in 78 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy. RESULT: Bone metastasis were detected in 47 patients out of 78, including 46 squamous cell carcinoma and 1 undifferentiated carcinoma. CONCLUSION: Radionuclide bone imaging is useful for diagnosing, treating and prognosing of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
