Open AccessIs the risk of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss higher in nasopharyngeal carcinoma than in hypopharyngeal cancer? A population-based study
Author(s) -
Hung Lun Chang,
Tzong-Yang Tu,
Chuan-Song Wu,
Ting-Yu Kuo,
Chii-Yuan Huang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000314
Subject(s) - medicine , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , incidence (geometry) , hypopharyngeal cancer , radiation therapy , cancer , cohort study , retrospective cohort study , cohort , population , oncology , surgery , physics , environmental health , optics
The aim of this study was to compare the risk of developing sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) in patients with hypopharyngeal cancer with that in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).