title: Challenges in the treatment of sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma: a ray of hope.
abstract: We studied nine cases of SNUCs presented to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia from 1999 to 2003. There were 8 males and 1 female with ages ranging from 24 to 78 years (mean 46.5y). The racial distribution consisted of 5 Chinese (55.5%), 3 Malays (33.3%) and 1 Indian (11.1%). Three patients were Kadish B (33.3%) and six were Kadish C (66.6%) by classification. In our series 2 years survival was 26.3% and median survival time was 14.2 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Norleza
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Gendeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate