Long-term treatment and prognosis of malignant tumors of the nasopharynx.
A wholly unselected material of 56 patients with malignant tumors in the nasopharynx is presented. The individual course of each patient is tabulated. On the basis of the given therapy, mainly radiotherapy, the poor long-term prognosis of these patients is discussed. Stress is laid on the important problem of palliation in the final stage.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000401:mortality* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000401:mortality* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors