1. [Malignant neoplasms of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Analysis of 216 cases of malignant neoplasms of nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses].
- Author
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Zbären P, Richard JM, Schwaab G, and Mamelle G
- Subjects
- Adenocarcinoma pathology, Adenocarcinoma therapy, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell pathology, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms pathology, Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms therapy, Middle Aged, Nose Neoplasms pathology, Nose Neoplasms therapy, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms pathology, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms therapy, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Adenocarcinoma diagnosis, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell diagnosis, Ethmoid Sinus, Frontal Sinus, Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms diagnosis, Nose Neoplasms diagnosis, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms diagnosis
- Abstract
This study is a retrospective analysis of 216 cases of malignant tumours of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, treated from 1965 to 1980. The mean age at diagnosis was 59 years, 70 per cent were men and 30 per cent women. There were 121 (56%) epidermoid carcinomas, and 31 (14%) adenocarcinomas. Three-year and five-year actuarial survival rate was 40 and 33 per cent respectively for epidermoid carcinomas, 72 and 50 per cent respectively for adenocarcinomas. Recurrences occurred in 46 per cent of epidermoid carcinomas and 42 per cent of adenocarcinomas. Early diagnosis is important to improve the survival rate, and radical primary treatment should be carried out to reduce the rate of recurrence.
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- 1987