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Journal of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology 1988;6(1): 13-22. |
| Radiotherapy Results of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma |
| Jong Young Lee, John J K Loh, Chang Ok Suh, Youn Goo Lee, Won Pyo Hong |
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
2Department of Otolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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This study is the retrospective evaluation of ninety-six patients with biopsy-proven carcinoma of nasopharynx treated with radiotherapy at Yonsei University, College of Medicine, radiation Oncology from January 1971 to December 1985.
Patient's age ranged from 15 to 71 years with a median age of 49 years. Fifty-two point five percent of local control and 47.5% of actuarial 5 year survival were achieved with radical radiotherapy. Five year survival rate for Stage I & II, III and IV were 75.0%, 74.6% and 41.4%, respectively.
Distant metastasis rate was related with N stage (N1 12.5%, N1 0%, N2 23.5%, N3 32.1%) and histologic type (lymphoepithelioma 41.7%, squamous cell carcinoma 6.5%) but not with T stage. Thirty-one of sixty-seven patient covered adequate radiation field received induction chemotherapy.
However induction chemotherapy dose not appear to improve over all survival. |
| Key Words:
Nasophargngeal carcinoma, Radiotherapy, Survival |
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