Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Therapy

New findings from University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center describe advances in nasopharyngeal carcinoma therapy

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 24th, 2007

Researchers detail in "Postoperative radiotherapy for maxillary sinus cancer: long-term outcomes and toxicities of treatment," new data in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To determine the effects of three changes in radiotherapy technique on the outcomes for patients irradiated postoperatively for maxillary sinus cancer. The data of 146 patients treated between 1969 and 2002 were reviewed. The patients were separated into two groups according to the date of treatment."

"Group 1 included 90 patients treated before 1991 and Group 2 included 56 patients treated after 1991, when the three changes were...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-07-24)

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