[Results of radiotherapy treatment of nasopharyngeal tumors depending upon the pathologico-anatomic diagnosis].
Malignant nasopharyngeal tumors are rare, so that there are only few communications about treatment results in dependence on histological findings. The histological classification of malignant tumors, especially in case of malignant lymphomas, has changed considerably during the last few years. All histological preparations available from 157 patients treated by radiotherapy between 1960 and 1985 have been reassessed. Above all it was attempted to classify the formerly current diagnoses "retothelial sarcoma" and "lymphosarcoma" according to today's criteria and to assign to a histological type those tumors which could not be exactly classified hitherto. This proceeding has increased especially the group of malignant non Hodgkin's lymphomas from seven to 29 patients. The therapy results achieved after irradiation are presented in dependence on histological data and compared to the results communicated in literature. A certain stagnation is found for the last few years showing that an optimum of present therapy possibilities has been reached at the individual therapy centers.
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Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Universität Würzburg.
Wünsch
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Richter
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Bohndorf
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage
Ergebnisse der strahlentherapeutischen Behandlung von Nasopharynxtumoren in Abhängigkeit von der pathologisch-anatomischen Diagnose.