Radiotherapeutic management of carcinoma nasopharynx

ABSTRACT

Carcinoma nasopharynx is an extremely difficult cancer to manage due to difficulty in diagnosis and proximity of pathology to vital structures like the brain, the spinal cord, the eyes and the ears. Over a 2 years period we have managed 19 patients by radiotherapy to primary tumour and all potential local and regional extensions of the disease by applying large fields. The results are encouraging