title: [Clinical analysis of 19 patients with malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the pathology, clinical characteristics and treatment of patients with malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity.
  
  
  METHODS
  From September, 1988 to July, 2001, 19 patients with malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity were treated in our hospital. All the patients were confirmed by histopathology. The most common symptoms were nasal obstruction and epistaxis. All the patients were treated with surgery(S), 6 with S plus radiotherapy (R), 2 with S plus R plus chemotherapy (C), 3 with S plus C.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven cases survived for 8 months to 13 years. The survival rates of 1, 3, 5 years were 64.7%, 42.85%, 30.76% respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity has an aggressive behavior and is easy to recur. S + R is an effective method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Wei-hong
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Liang-fang
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D015996:Survival Rate