ABSTRACT
KEY POINTS: Surgery in adults with head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma does not improve survival rates. Surgery should be performed deliberately and focused on the timing of combined treatment modality. Adult head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma benefits from salvage surgery following chemoradiotherapy.
Subject(s)
Head and Neck Neoplasms , Rhabdomyosarcoma , Humans , Head and Neck Neoplasms/surgery , Head and Neck Neoplasms/therapy , Rhabdomyosarcoma/surgery , Rhabdomyosarcoma/therapy , Adult , Retrospective Studies , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Salvage Therapy , Combined Modality Therapy , Chemoradiotherapy , Treatment Outcome , Aged , Young AdultABSTRACT
From April.1993 to Jan.1994,transcatheter maxillary arterial chemoem- bolization using Cisplatin microspheres(DDP-ms)in combination with PBF(DDP,BLM,5- Fu)had been used in 14 cases with regional relapsed nasopharngeal carcinoma and 3 cases of untreated locally advanced nasopharngeal carcinoma got positive response.The result showed 2 patients with Cr,13 PR,1MR and 1 NC advanced cases with PR.The total suc- cessful rate(CR+PR)was 88 24%(15/17),In addition,the main toxicity and coplicaton had been discussed.
