复发鼻咽癌临床研究进展

局部复发鼻咽癌的治疗对放射肿瘤学家而言是一项挑战.再程放疗虽然仍是复发鼻咽癌治疗的主要手段,但是,相关的有效临床资料十分缺乏.本文就近年来有关复发鼻咽癌治疗的文献描述进行复习,对其复发因素和诊断的临床特征、不同的放疗手段,如常规放疗、立体定向放疗、近距离治疗、三维适形放疗、调强放疗或几种手段的综合治疗的现状作一综述.

Advance in the clinical research On local recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Local recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) presents a troublesome challenge to radiation oncologist. Reirradiation is the primary modality nowadays. However, clinical data on reirradiation are still relatively scarce. This article summarized the treatment advances and the clinical characteristics associated with relapse of NPC, and reviewed the outcomes of different radiation techniques in the management of recurrence of NPC, i.e. conventionalradiotherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, brachytherapy, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity modulate radiotherapy, or some combination of above in recent years.