Background: The role of locoregional radiotherapy (LRT) the nasopharynx and neck in patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (M-NPC) remains unclear. present meta-analysis aimed to compare efficacy chemotherapy (CT) plus LRT CT alone M-NPC patients.

BACKGROUND Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has known as a highly distinct kind of head and neck cancer. This distinction has been due to its clinical presentation, epidemiology, outcome, and treatment. There have not been any reports of epidemiological analysis of NPC in Iran. This study has evaluated the incidence rates and trends of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the Iranian population during 200...

Author′s Affiliations: Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P. R. China. Corresponding Author: Chao-Nan Qian, Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Gua...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a common malignancy in the Asian Chinese population. The first-line treatment for Stage III/IV disease has in recent times shifted from radiotherapy to that of concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The treatment is not infrequently associated with in-field complications. We describe a rare case of one such complication -- subdural empyema developing post-chemoradiotherapy in...

abstract   background: nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc) is a nonlymphomatous squamous cell carcinoma (scc) that occurs in the epithelial lining of the nasopharynx. viral, geographic, and ethnic factors are responsible for its multifactorial futures. previous studies have showed the role of epstein-barr virus (ebv) in the pathogenesis of npc but no study has been conducted on the iranian populatio...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignancy that originates from the epithelial tissues lining nasopharynx and considered one of most common malignant cancers which cause mortality in Indonesia. Neutrophils lymphocytes are first lines to provide body immunity against foreign substances. Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) prognostic factor various malignancies. Objective: To investigated correlat...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is the most frequent head and neck cancer. The incidence of nasopharyngeal significantly increased. associated with risk factors linked to a lifestyle that usually begins in adolescence young adulthood, such as undergraduate students. This research identifies students' knowledge, attitude, behavior about carcinoma. study used descriptive cluster sampling method. As many...

OBJECTIVES To determine the association between printing works and nasopharygeal carcinoma as well as other diseases. METHODS Demographic data were obtained for those who had worked in a particular newspaper company since its establishment in 1950. Through access to the data bank of the hospital records of the Labor Insurance Bureau for 1985-94, all workers were identified who had been admitt...

We conducted a case-control study of nasopharyngeal carcinoma among Malaysian Chinese to test inhalants, salted fish consumption, and use of tobacco, alcohol, and nasal ointments as risk factors for the disease. Interviews with 100 cases and 100 controls indicated that salted fish consumption during childhood was a significant risk factor (relative risk, 3.0; p = 0.04); childhood daily consumpt...

Objective—To consider the relation between functional experiential hallucinosis and brain injury induced by radiotherapy. Methods—Single case report. Results—A female patient presented with a four year history of functional experiential hallucinosis after two courses of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Brain MRI showed hyperintense changes over the left temporal lobe. Conclusion— It i...