Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 618-621 , August 2010

Nasopharyngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma: A review of 13 cases

  • Xi-mei Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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  • Jian-zhong Cao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • Jing-wei Luo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100021, People’s Republic of China. Tel.: +86 10 87788282; fax: +86 10 67706153.
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  • Guo-zhen Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • Li Gao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • Shao-yan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • Zhen-gang Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China
    • ,
  • Ping-zhang Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Received 26 March 2010 ,Revised 5 June 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.06.001

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 618-621 , August 2010

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