Nasopharyngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma:A report of eleven cases

VernacularTitle:鼻咽黏液表皮样癌治疗方法与结果的回顾性分析
Author: Ximei ZHANG ; Jianzhong CAO ; Jingwei LUO ; Guozhen XU ; Li GAO ; Junlin YI ; Xiaodong HUANG ; Jianping XIAO ; Suyan LI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Nasopharyngeal neoplasms; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Treatment method; Prognosis
From: Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2010;19(1):10-12
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the treatment results of the patients with nasopharyngeal mucoe-pidermoid carcinoma (MEC), and explore an appropriate treatment method. Methods Eleven patients with pathologically confirmed nasopharyngeal MEC were included in this study. The number of patients with pathologically well-, medium-and poorly-differentiated tumor were 1, 2 and 7, respectively. Radiotherapy (RT) alone and surgery (S) alone were given to 1 patient each. Combined modality treatment was RT + S in 6 patients and S + RT in 3 patients. Results After a median follow-up of 41.5 months (range, 8 to 153 months), one patient died of heart disease and one was lost follow-up. The remaining 9 patients were alive, including 6 with disease-free and 3 with residual tumors. None of them had cervical lymphatic spread or dis-tant metastasis. Conclusions Nasopharyngeal MEC progresses slowly and has good prognosis, which should be followed up for a long time. Primary surgery followed by radiotherapy is recommended.