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KMID : 0362919880060010013
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Journal of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
1988 Volume.6 No. 1 p.13 ~ p.22
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Radiotherapy Results of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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Lee Jong-Young
Loh John-JK
Suh Chang-Ok
Lee Youn-Goo
Hong Won-Pyo
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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 StageⅠ&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.
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KEYWORD
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Nasophargngeal carcinoma, Radiotherapy, Survival
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