Observation on the changes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients′ olfactory before and after radiotherapy / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
;
(24): 57-58, 2001.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-433918
ABSTRACT
Objective:
Detecting nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) patients′olfactory before and after radiotherapy for investigating the infection of radiotherapy on these patients′olfactory.Method:
100 NPC patients′olfactory were detected before the start of radiotherapy and after the termination of therapy in 3,6,12,24 and 36 months.Result:
Patients′smell acuity decreased sharply 3 months after therapy,but varying degrees of recovery were noted in 6 and 12 months. However their smell acuity became worse in the following time.Conclusion:
NPC patients′smell acuity can be profoundly affected by radiotherapy.And after radiotherapy, their smell acuity will decrease wave-likely and cannot fully recover.
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Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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