Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy with vagina carotica protection technique for local

Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy with vagina carotica protection technique for local residual nasopharyngeal carcinoma after primary

radiotherapy

LIU Feng;HUAN Fu-kui;FANG Hao;WAN Bao;LI Ye-xiong;XIAO Jian-ping;XU Ying-jie;ZHANG Ye;XU Guo-zhen;GAO Li;YI Jun-lin;LUO Jing-wei;HUANG Xiao-dong

【期刊名称】《中华医学杂志（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2012(125)014

【摘要】Background Local failure of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after radiotherapy (RT) remains one of the major treatment failures.This study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy and complications of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) with vagina carotica protection technique for local residual of NPC patients after the primary RT.Methods From August 2006 to August 2010,FSRT with vagina carotica protection technique was applied to 36 patients in our department,the patients aged between 13 and 76 years with a median of 41.3 years,25 of them were male and 11were female.According to 2002 Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Staging System,the stages before primary radiotherapy were:Ⅱa 2,Ⅱb 5,Ⅲ 18,Ⅳa 7,Ⅳb 4.In the first course of radiotherapy,9 patients received conventional RT,27 patients received intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and 20 out of the 36 patients received concurrent chemoradiotherapy.The total