Evaluation and management of glomus tumors in NEMROCK

ABSTRACT

Forty patients with glomus tumors attended NEMROCK [Kasr El Aini Center of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine], in the period from 1965 till 1993. An epidemiological survey, clinical, radiological and pathological data were analyzed for all patients. The treatment was biopsy and subtotal surgery, followed by pot operative radiotherapy in 30 patients. Radiotherapy regimen as 5000 cGy/5 weeks/25 treatments, was done by a Cobalt teletherapy machine. Assessment of the treatment results as disease control and total survival proved that radiation therapy following surgery, is an effective treatment for glomus tumors, with least late progression of the disease