Korean J Med.  2013 Jan;84(1):135-140.

Four Cases of Metastasectomy for Pulmonary Metastasis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. maruhiran@hanmail.net
  • 2Department of Pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
  • 3Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
  • 4Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.

Abstract

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a rare cancer with a relatively poor prognosis because patients tend to be diagnosed in the advanced stage. Distant metastases have been recognized to be a major cause of treatment failure. However, because long-term survival has been reported in patients with lung metastasis alone, an aggressive approach to treatment for this group of patients should be considered. We report four cases of metastasectomy for pulmonary metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The metastatic lesions were confined to the lung with or without regional lymph nodes. The patients underwent a pulmonary metastasectomy following adjuvant chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy, and all patients are now disease-free.

Keyword

Nasopharyngeal neoplasm; Lung metastasis; Metastasectomy

MeSH Terms

Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Humans
Lung
Lymph Nodes
Metastasectomy
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
Neoplasm Metastasis
Prognosis
Treatment Failure
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
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