title: [Cavum carcinoma. A review of retrospective study about 18 patients in 12 year period].
abstract: The cavum or rhinopharynx carcinomas are rare tumors who are divided basically in two histologic types: epidermoid carcinoma and indiferenciated carcinoma. We present a personal revision of 18 patients (15 males and 3 females) diagnosed of cavum carcinoma, the majority (72.2% of indiferenciated type. We have done a descriptive-retrospective study of 12 years (1990-2001) with the following parameters: clinic presentation, associated symptoms, TNM stage, anatomopathology, treatment and clinic evolution. The 38.9% of the patients (7) are actually in complete remission after at last 2 years treatment completion. 3 patients have died and another 2 have not followed the periodic controls in our hospital. The others present a residual tumor in rhinopharynx or in ganglionar level. In one case there are distant metastasis (liver and lungs).
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz. vicentepinorivero@terra.com
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pino Rivero
authors.forename: Gabriel Trinidad
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Ruíz
authors.forename: Guillerma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pardo Romero
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keituqwa Yáñez
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blasco Huelva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies