title: Nasopharyngeal cancer treated in Singapore.
abstract: With effect from July 1987 CT-scans of the nasopharynx became routinely available in the staging of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) in our department. Eighty-four evaluable cases during these first six months were studied and the results at a median follow-up period of 34 months revealed that 74% were alive at 2 years. The local relapse rate were 4% for T1; 10% for T2 and 35% for T3 tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Chua
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome