Head and neck sarcoma: report of a case treated by intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
We report on a 71-year-old woman with parapharyngeal sarcoma. Surgery could not be performed because of the size and location of the tumor. After failure of four cycles of chemotherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) achieved complete clinical response and partial magnetic resonance imaging response (80%) at 24 months of follow-up. The results of radiotherapy, especially IMRT, for nonresectable head and neck soft tissue sarcoma are discussed.
Heudel
Pierre
P
Léon Bérard Cancer Center, 28 Rue Laennec, 69008, Lyon, France. pierreheudel@yahoo.fr
Biston
Marie Claude
MC
Fayette
Jérome
J
Ramade
Antoine
A
Gassa
Frédéric
F
Pommier
Pascal
P
D000368:Aged; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010614:Pharynx; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D004317:Doxorubicin