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Wo stehen wir bei der Behandlung des Nasopharynxkarzinoms?

Authors :
Beckmann, Gabriele
Flentje, Michael
Source :
Strahlentherapie und Onkologie; May2003, Vol. 179 Issue 5, p283-291, 9p
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

<bold>Aim: </bold>Review of the evolution of combined treatment strategies in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.<bold>Results: </bold>Radiotherapy is accepted standard for treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer. Nevertheless, there is no uniform opinion with regard to doses, fractionation, technique or use of systemic chemotherapy. It is hardly possible to compare the results of recent and historical trials because of different staging systems and because nasopharyngeal cancer occurring in the Oceano-Asian region are biologically different to those in Western countries. Conclusions drawn from former, mostly retrospective analyses are not applicable to newer standards regarding the developments in diagnostics and therapy. Presently simultaneous chemoradiotherapy is standard for lymph node positive nasopharyngeal cancer.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>It will be necessary to treat patients with different histologic subtypes with an uniform treatment schedule to define the place of combined modality treatment. This will probably be the only way to develop treatment concepts for distinct stages and biological entities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
German
ISSN :
01797158
Volume :
179
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
133363136