Complete Remission After Definitive Radiotherapy in Carotid Body Tumor
Keywords:
Carotidbodytumor, radiotherapy, complete remissionAbstract
A 47-year-old woman with unresectable recurrent carotid body tumor was treated by 3-dimension conformal ra- diotherapy with total dose of 48 Gy in 16 fractions. Slow onset of tumor response, but eventually complete remission was noted withlong-term tumor control at 5 years.
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06-04-2017
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Setakornnukul, J. (2017). Complete Remission After Definitive Radiotherapy in Carotid Body Tumor. Siriraj Medical Journal, 65(6), 178–180. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/82358
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