[Therapy results in case of tumors of the epipharynx under special consideration of the problem of metastases (author's transl)].
A report is given on 117 patients with tumors of the epipharynx. All these patients were irradiated. 67% had early metastases in the neck region. 8% had remote metastases which became manifest within two years. The five-year survival rate was 29%, the ten-year survival rate 23%. The results in cases of carcinomas were slightly better than those of the sarcomas. A manifestation of metastases can be prevented by prophylactic irradiations of No regions. Manifest metastases can be healed by radiotherapy.
D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy
Behandlungsergebnisse bei Epipharynxtumoren unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Metastasenproblems.