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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1996;39(1): 69-74. |
Combination of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma |
Kwang Hyun Kim, MD, Myung-Whun Sung, MD, Sun O Chang, MD, Sung Wan Byun, MD, Dong Wook Lee, MD, and Jin Young Kim, MD |
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
비인강암에 대한 항암화학요법과 방사선치료의 복합요법 |
김광현 · 성명훈 · 장선호 · 변성완 · 이동욱 · 김진영 |
서울대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 |
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ABSTRACT |
Twenty-two patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma were treated by combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy with curative intent in Seoul National University Hospital between 1987 and 1991. Minimum follow-up period of survivors was 42.6 mounths. Twenty-one patients had stage IV disease, and the most common histopathology was undifferenciated carcinoma(68%) and the others squamous cell carcinoma(32%). Complete remission was observed in 21 patients(95%). Among these, 7 patients had recurred. The overall survival rate was 68% at 5 years.
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Keywords:
Nasopharyngeal carcinomaㆍNeoadjuvant chemotherapyㆍSurvival rate. |
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