Clinic results of 121 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated by helical tomotherapy
	    		
		   		
		   			
		   		
	    	
    	 
    	10.3760/cma.j.issn.1004-4221.2012.02.001
   		
        
        	
        		- VernacularTitle:121例鼻咽癌螺旋断层治疗结果分析
 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Author:
	        		
		        		
		        		
			        		Lei DU
			        		
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			        		Lin MA
			        		
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			        		Linchun FENG
			        		
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			        		Guixia ZHOU
			        		
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			        		Baolin QU
			        		
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			        		Gang REN
			        		
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			        		Shouping XU
			        		
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			        		Chuanbin XIE
			        		
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			        		Xinxin ZHANG
			        		
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			        		Fang LI
			        		
			        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
			        		
			        		
		        		
	        		
        		 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Publication Type:Journal Article
 
        	
        	
        		- Keywords:
        			
	        			
	        				
	        				
			        		
				        		Nasopharyngeal neoplasms/radiotherapy;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Radiotherapy,helical tomotherapy;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Toxicities;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Prognosis
			        		
			        		
	        			
        			
        		
 
        	
            
            
            	- From:
	            		
	            			Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology
	            		
	            		 2012;21(2):97-100
	            	
            	
 
            
            
            	- CountryChina
 
            
            
            	- Language:Chinese
 
            
            
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		        	Abstract:
			       	
			       		
				        
				        	Objective To summarize the outcome of nasopharyngeal carcinoma ( NPC) treated by helical tomotherapy in the Chinese PLA general hospital. Methods Between September 2007 and August 2010, 121 newly diagnosed NPC patients were treated by radiotherapy with Tomotherapy system, with ( n =90) or without ( n = 31) concurrent chemotherapy or molecular target therapy. The prescription dose was 70 - 74 Gy/33f to primary tumor and positive lymph node planning target volume,60. 0 - 62. 7 Gy/33f to high risk planning target volume, and 52 -56 Gy/33f to low risk planning target volume. Acute side-effects were evaluated with RTOG/EORTC criteria. Results The remission rate of primary lesion and positive lymph nodes was 95. 0% and 99. 0% , respectively. The follow-up rate was 100% . The number of patients with 1 ,2 and 3 years followed-up were 99 , 49 , and 7. The 1-, 2-and 3-year local relapse-free survival rates were 97. 30% , 97. 3% and 97. 3% , respectively. The 1-,2-and 3-year nodal relapse-free survival rates were 100% , 100% and lOO%, respectively. The 1-, 2-and 3-year distant metastasis-free survival rates were 98. 4% , 96. 3% and 96. 3% , respectively. The 1-, 2-and 3-year overall survival rates were 96. 5% ,92. 6% and 86. 8% , respectively. Acute toxicities of skin, oral mucosa and xerostomia with grade 0,1,2 and 3 were 5. 0% , 74. 4% , 15. 7% and 4. 9% ; 0. 8% , 37. 2% , 57. 9% and 4. 1% ; 3. 3% , 53. 7% ,43. 0% and 0% , respectively. Xerostomia restored with time, no grade 2 or more xerostomia was observed 1 year after radiation therapy. Concurrent chemotherapy significantly increased incidence of mucositis,esophagitis and tracheitis. Conclusion Helical tomotherapy is efficient, secure and effective modality for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.