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Combined therapy for carcinoma of the nasopharynx: a report of 49 cases
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2007
Abstract
From April, 1986 to June 1989 49 Patients (29 male, 20 female) aged 20 to 70 years old whod developed carcinomea of naospharynx (included 15 with relapses) were trated with neoadjuvant regional chemothrapy, followed by radiotherapy, or crysurgery and radiotherapy.
Thirty-three of the patients had squamous cell carcinoma with poor differentiated, four with well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma were included. Tumours were treated with three moalities: (I) Induction regional chemotherapy with temporal aftery catheterization as well as superselective intra-arterial chemotherapy of the femoral artery (chemotherapeutic agents: pingyangmycinum (P), Cisplatin (D), Vomcromstine (V), Methotrexate (M) and P.D.M. programmes); (2)Liquid cryosurgery in 25 cases; (3) Radiotherapy was carried out for two weeks after crysosurgery after chemotherapy.
The date showed CR (complete response—all tumour gone) and PR (partial response—more than 50 percent reduction) in 40 cases (81.6 per cent) and NR (no response—less than 50 per cent or no response) in nine cases (18.3 per cent) following regional chemotherapy. All of the patients were followed up for more than one year, and 48 of them survived (97.9 per cent). Thirty-five cases were followed up over two years and 28 of them survived (80 per cent). Twenty cases were followed up over three years, and 12 of them survived (60 per cent).
The effect of regional chemotherapy and crysurgery in combined treatment for carcinoma of the nasopharynx is discussed in this paper.
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