PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical manifestations and treatment outcomes in patients with stage T4M0 nasopharyngeal carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Findings in 179 patients (age range, 13–78 years) with American Joint Committee on Cancer stage T4M0 nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated from January... 

L. Licitra Although radiation therapy is effective in the management of patients with early stage nasopharyngeal cancer, a high rate of local-regional failure and distant dissemination is expected in patients with advanced disease. This has prompted studies on the addition of chemotherapy to radiation... 

Jerome M. Vaeth and Franz Buschke Seven of twenty-two patients treated with intracavitary Co60 therapy for nasopharyngeal neoplasms remained controlled for more than five years. No patient treated with intracavitary Co60 therapy alone has remained alive. Of the seven surviving patients, four received... 

The nasopharynx is the upper part of the pharynx (throat) behind the nose. The pharynx is a hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes from the throat to the stomach). Air and food pass through the pharynx...