To determine the efficacy of Photodynamic therapy of patients with recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma we reviewed all available literature. Since the treatment options for recurrent or persistent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma are limited, the survival rates poor and the complications severe; there is definitely a place for alternative treatment modalities with more efficacy and less morbidity. Photo...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is an uncommon head and neck malignancy which can rarely present with cranial nerve palsies. Here we report a case of nasopharyngeal mass presented initially ophthalmic complaints due to compression nerves in superior orbital fissure resulting Rochen-Duvigneaud syndrome. It was histologically proven as non keratinising differentiated type

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is rare among people of Indian ethnicity. A short retrospective case review of clinical records of Indian patients diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a period of 5 years was conducted. Their slides were further subjected to EBV encoded RNA (EBER) - In- situ Hybridization (ISH). The histologic subtype was nonkeratinizing carcinoma in all 4 patients. All wer...

A 49-year-old man attended our department complaining of progressive difficulty in swallowing over a period of 2 weeks. He reported no other discomfort. His medical history revealed that he had been diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (cT3N3bM0; WHO Type III) in September 2008 and had undergone chemotherapy and radiotherapy concurrently. A complete response was achieved initially, but regio...

TFAP2A is a transcription factor that orchestrates a variety of cell processes, including cell growth and tissue differentiation. However, the regulation of TFAP2A in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumorigenesis and its precise mechanism of action remain largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the biologic role and clinical significance of TFAP2A in nasopharyngeal carcinoma growth and p...

BACKGROUND Unclear pathogenesis existed for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. AIMS to analyze the role of bile acids in the pathogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. METHODS 20 healthy volunteers and 20 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma were enrolled between January 1(st), 2013 and December 31(st), 2014. ESI-QTOF-MS analysis of serum was performed to find altered bile acids components. The bio...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The KiSS-1 gene has been reported to serve as a metastasis suppressor gene in various human malignancies. However, no information is available regarding the role of the KiSS-1 gene or its gene product kisspeptin in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. METHODS Kisspeptin and its receptor AXOR12 expression were assessed using immunohistochemistry i...

AIMS To assess the presence of carcinoma in situ (CIS) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and to see if the number of biopsy sites facilitates detection of CIS. METHODS Formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded biopsy specimens (n = 285) from 187 patients with NPC in 1987 were studied for the presence of CIS as well as for the histological assessment of the subtype of CIS. RESULTS ...