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Carcinomas of the paranasal sinuses. A study of sixty‐six cases
Author(s) -
Cheng Vincent S. T.,
Wang C. C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197712)40:6<3038::aid-cncr2820400641>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - medicine , paranasal sinuses , maxillary sinus , ethmoid sinus , ethmoidectomy , sinus (botany) , frontal sinus , surgery , radiology , botany , biology , genus
The therapy records of 66 patients with carcinomas of the paranasal sinuses were reviewed; primary carcinomas occurred in the maxillary sinus in 50 patients, the ethmoid sinus in 11 patients, the sphenoid sinus in 4 patients and the frontal sinus in 1 patient. The tumors of the maxillary sinus were staged retrospectively according to the American Joint Committee staging system recommended in 1976; 1 of 2 patients with T1, 5 of 11 patients with T2,10 of 34 patients with T3 and 1 of 3 patients with T4 lesions showed no evidence of disease (NED) at 3 years. Combined high dose irradiation (6,000 rads in 6 weeks) followed by radical surgery in 4 to 6 weeks was well tolerated; this approach is recommended for the treatment of T1, T2, and selected T3‐4 maxillary sinus lesions. Only 2 of 11 patients with ethmoid sinus lesions survived at 3 years. Cancer 40:3038‐3041, 1977.