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Radiation Therapy for Cancer of the NasopharynxLong-Term Follow-Up on 113 Adequately Treated Patients
JOHN B. LITTLE, MD;
MILFORD D. SCHULZ, MD;
C. C. WANG, MD
Arch Otolaryngol. 1963;77(6):621-624.
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Cancer of the nasopharynx was first reported in 1845,1 and by 1920 radiotherapy had been accepted as the method of choice in treating the primary lesion, due to its relative inaccessibility to surgical extirpation. Controversy has persisted, however, as to the best means of controlling extension to the regional nodes. In this paper we hope to shed some light on the value of radiation therapy in controlling lymph node metastases, as well as its efficacy in treating all manifestations of the disease. The clinical manifestations of nasopharyngeal malignancy have been well described,2,3 and a clinical analysis of most of the cases in the present series has been reported elsewhere.4
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Between 1940 and 1957, a total of 124 cases of primary cancer of the nasopharynx were seen and treated by radiation therapy at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Of these, 113 patients received adequate therapy; the remainder were
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Author Affiliations
BOSTON
From the Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Clinical Assistant in Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health (Dr. Little); Assistant Clinical Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital (Dr. Schulz); Clinical Associate in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and Associate Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital (Dr. Wang).
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Submitted for publication Jan 25, 1963.
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