Radiologic findings after successful chemoradiation for nasopharyngeal cancer with skull base erosion

January 1, 2010 by Federico Ampil, MD, Guillermo Sangster, MD, Glenn Mills, MD, Cherie Ann Nathan, MD, Timothy Lian, MD, and Andrew Hall, BS
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Abstract

Nonoperative management is generally accepted as a treatment strategy for nasopharyngeal cancer characterized by destruction of the skull base. Chemoradiotherapy is considered the standard of care in these cases. We report a case in which imaging studies documented the successful treatment of the patient's locally extensive nasopharyngeal carcinoma with this nonsurgical approach.

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