The pattern of relapse and survival of elective irradiation of the upper neck for stage N0 nasopharyngeal carcinoma
| Autor: | Taifu Liu, Ming Ye, Xiaomao Guo, Shaoqin He, Ziqiang Pan, Zhen Zhang, Xiayun He |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Oncology Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:R895-920 medicine.medical_treatment Nasopharyngeal neoplasm lcsh:RC254-282 Young Adult Internal medicine Carcinoma Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Young adult Stage (cooking) Lymph node Survival analysis Aged Neoplasm Staging Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Radiotherapy business.industry Research Dose-Response Relationship Radiation Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms Middle Aged lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens medicine.disease Survival Analysis Radiation therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Female Radiology Neoplasm Recurrence Local business |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Oncology (London, England) Radiation Oncology, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 35 (2012) |
| ISSN: | 1748-717X |
| Popis: | Background To investigate patterns of failure and survival rates of elective irradiation of upper neck in N0 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Methods From February 1996 to November 2002, 97 patients without cervical lymph node involvement were admitted for radiotherapy alone. Before treatment, each patient underwent enhanced CT of nasopharynx and neck. All patients received radiotherapy to the nasopharynx, skull base, and upper neck drainage areas (including levels II, III, and VA). The upper neck was irradiated to a total dose of 50-56 Gy/25-28 fractions/5-5.6 weeks. For the primary tumor, 22 patients used conventional fractionation for a total dose of 70 Gy/35 fractions/7 weeks, and 75 patients used an accelerated hyperfractionationated schedule for a total dose of 78 Gy/60 fractions/6 weeks. Results The median follow-up of these 97 patients was 7.75 years. 10 patients had recurrences in the nasopharynx, 8 had distant metastasis, and 5 had recurrences in the cervical lymph nodes. Among the cervical lymph node failures, the areas of recurrence were in the II drainage areas in 4 patients who had neck dissections afterwards, and in IA drainage areas in 1 patient who also had recurrence in the nasopharynx. The causes of death were recurrence in the nasopharynx for 8 patients, 1 of these also had recurrence in the neck, distant metastases in 8 patients, and non-neoplastic diseases in 3 patients. Conclusions The causes of failure of N0 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy alone to the nasopharynx and upper neck were nasopharyngeal recurrence, distant metastasis, and cervical recurrence in order of frequency. Elective irradiation of upper neck (II, III, VA) is advised for stage N0 patients diagnosed by enhanced CT of neck. Cervical recurrence alone is rare, which did not greatly affect the long-term survival after salvage neck dissection. |
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