Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2008 Feb;51(2):198-201.

A Case of Multiple Complications after Treatment in Patients with the Second Primary Nasopharyngeal Cancer

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  • 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. wsleemd@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Abstract

Due to anatomic restrictions and presentation with advanced local-regional diseases, radiotherapy has provided the standard of care for nasopharyngeal cancer. Although the local recurrence after curative radiation therapy has been often reported in the literature, reports of changes in the histopathologic findings of the tumor in the nasopharyngeal carcinoma are rare. Due to limitation in surgical treatment of nasopharyngeal carcoma, radiotherapy has been standard treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. We present a case of multiple complications after radiotherapy in patients with the second primary nasopharyngeal cancer following a change in the histopathologic findings.

Keyword

Second primary nasopharyngeal cancer; Radiotherapy; Complications

MeSH Terms

Humans
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
Recurrence
Standard of Care
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
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