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DAVID E. SCHULLER, MD
Columbus, Ohio

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1988;114(11):1229.

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At the 91st Annual Meeting of the Triological Society in Palm Beach, Fla, Willard E. Fee, Jr, MD, and coworkers, Stanford (Calif) University, recently reported the results of surgically resecting recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma following irradiation at the primary tumor site. Their rationale for this type of treatment stems from the low success rate of reirradiating recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. They were encouraged to pursue surgical resection because of previous reports by Sooy and Fisch that had suggested the possibility of achieving favorable control rates with a surgical approach. The initial report by Fee and coworkers includes nine patients who underwent transpalatal resection of the recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer within ten to 56 months after receiving curative dosages of external beam radiation to the primary tumor. Cure of disease was sought in seven patients, and palliation of symptoms was sought in two patients. The rationale for palliative treatment was based on the patients . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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