Predictive factors for relapsed nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Predictive factors in relapsed ovarian cancer for complete tumor resection.

AIM The aim of this study was to identify predictive factors for complete tumor resection in patients with relapsed ovarian cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS All patients with first relapse of ovarian cancer who underwent secondary cytoreduction at our center between September 2000 and April 2006 were evaluated according to a validated intraoperative documentation tool. Predictive factors were ide...

Evaluation of risk factors for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in high-risk nasopharyngeal carcinoma families in Taiwan.

A study of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) families with two or more affected members was conducted in Taiwan (265 families with 2,444 individuals, 502 affected and 1,942 unaffected) to determine the association between NPC and potential etiologic factors in NPC high-risk families. Similar to results from a previous case-control study in Taiwan, Guangdong salted fish consumption during childhood...

Identifying pretreatment baseline factors predictive of distant metastasis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy

This retrospective study was performed to identify pretreatment baseline factors that could predict the development of distant metastasis (DM) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).A cohort of 119 NPC patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT) or chemoradiotherapy (CRT) were recruited into the study. Among them, 51 developed DM (DM group) within 3 years after treatment and 68 did not (DM-f...

Predictive Factors in Esophageal Carcinoma

Clues to Identifying Risk Factors for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a cancer that occurs in the nasopharynx, the upper part of the throat behind the nose and near the base of skull. NPC is uncommon in most nations worldwide, but the prevalence is much higher in Southeast Asia and Africa (Xun et al., 2011). The potential risk factors remain largely unknown, and current hypotheses do not well explain the diseases epidemiology. Fo...