[Efficacy of remote gamma-therapy in patients with juvenile angiofibroma of the base of the skull].
The results of radiation therapy of 48 patients with juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma were analysed. It was found that radiation therapy can produce 80% stable remissions in postoperative recurrence or unresectable tumor. The response did not depend on primary size of the tumor and was better in a total dose over 35 Gy and in children over 14 years of age. Long-term side effects were minimal and did not deteriorate quality of life.
Shcherbenko
O I
OI
Rodionov
M V
MV
Lebedev
V A
VA
Kliachkina
N B
NB
D000293:Adolescent; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002648:Child; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome