Published January 1983
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Journal article
Hodgkin's disease in nasopharynx and nasal fossa
Description
A rare case of Hodgkin's disease involving the nasopharynx, nasal fossa and cervical nodes in a 50-year-old Irish woman is reported. She was treated with radiotherapy in 1975. Since then she has remained symptom free for about seven years. No chemotherapy has been given. Radiation reaction at the lip and in the mouth was tackled by shielding the spinal cord with lead shield from the third week of radiotherapy. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Indian J. Cancer
- Journal Volume
- 20
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Indian J. Cancer.
- Journal Page Range
- 40-42
- ISSN
- 0019-509X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 16061069
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COBALT 60; GAMMA RADIATION; GLANDS; HODGKINS DISEASE; NECK; ORAL CAVITY; PHARYNX; RADIOTHERAPY
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; BODY AREAS; COBALT ISOTOPES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LYMPHOMAS; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 10 refs.