title: Successful treatment of head and neck cancer involving the prevertebral fascia.
abstract: Chemotherapy with radiation has become more popular than radiotherapy alone for patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer because of the successful results associated with it. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with hypopharyngeal cancer invading the prevertebral fascia who became free of disease after chemoradiation. This uncommon, positive observation supports the impression that combined therapy is efficacious in some patients with advanced stage carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA. fampil@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ampil
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: R Murty
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Krishnamsetty
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005205:Fascia / Q000473:pathology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents