Radiation Injury in the Brain after Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
10.3969/j.issn.1000-8179.2009.14.001
- VernacularTitle:鼻咽癌放射治疗后脑损伤49例临床分析
- Author:
Queling LIU
;
Aimin SUN
;
Ning SU
;
Ying LIU
;
Longhua CHEN
;
Yawei YUAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nasopharyngeal neoplasm;
Brain;
Radiation injury
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2009;36(14):781-783
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To study the clinical features and prognostic factors of brain injury after radiothera-py for nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC).Methods:From January 1998 to June 2006,49 NPC patients with Dost-radiation brain injury in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively.Results:The incidence of post-radia-tion brain injury after single-pass radiotherapy and re-course radiotherapy was 2.31%and 9.64%.respectively ,(P＜0.05).The median latency period was 50.5 months for single-pass radiotherapy and 25.5 months for re-course radiotherapy.Fourty-nine patients suffered from radiation injury in the brain.The lesions were locat-ed in the temporal lobe in 37 patients(75.5%),in the pens in 9 patients(18.4%)and in mixed position in 3 pa-tients(6.1%).The symptoms and signs of the patients could be alleviated by therapy, but the quality of life was not improved.Conclusion:Radiation brain injury in NPC patients after radiotherapy is related to field de-sign.The incidence of radiation brain injury in the temporal lobe is the highest.Compared with single-pass ra-diotherapy, re-course radiotherapy leads to higher incidence of brain injury and shorter latency period.
