[Radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma].
The results of irradiation on fifty seven patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, treated from 1964 to 1985 at the Shinshu University Hospital, were studied. Forty-two percent of the patients had T3-4 primaries and 68% had N1-3 regional nodes; 86% had Stages III-IV of the disease. Of the 57 patients, 32 had squamous cell carcinomas, and 25 had lymphoepitheliomas. The overall 5-year survival rate was found to be 57%. Primary size (T) and histology influenced the survival of patients; the 5-year survival rate was 70% for T1-2 primary and 39% for T3-4 primary, and 39% for squamous cell carcinoma and 80% for lymphoepithelioma.
Oguchi
M
M
Dept. of Radiology, Shinshu Univ. School of Med.
Kiyono
K
K
Watanabe
T
T
Sone
S
S
Imai
Y
Y
Kawai
T
T
Takei
K
K
Maruyama
K
K
Maruyama
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage