Author/Authors :
Ameri Ahmad نويسنده Associate professor of radiation oncology , Novin Kambiz نويسنده Clinical Oncology Department, Shahid Beheshti University
of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , Mortazavi Nafiseh نويسنده Pathology Department, Shahid Beheshti University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , Yousefi Kashi Amir Shahram نويسنده Department of Radiation Oncology, Shohada-e-Tajrish
Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Abstract :
Background Evidence about survival of the patients with
nasopharyngeal cancer is scant in our region and the aim of the current
study was to determine clinico-pathological factors influencing outcome
of these patients. Methods We reviewed all patients with a new diagnosis
of nasopharyngeal carcinoma admitted between 2008 and 2014 to Jorjani
cancer center, Tehran, Iran. Overall survival (OS) of the patients and
their relation with demographic and clinico-pathological factors were
analyzed. Results Of 88 included patients, 56 were male and 32 were
female with mean age of 46 years. With a median follow-up period of 31
months (range: 3 to 86 months), the overall survival of the whole
patients and those without distant metastasis were 64% and 67%
respectively. Tumor stage and presence or absence of distant metastasis
at presentation were the only parameters that significantly influenced
the patients’ OS. Conclusions Our study provides some evidence on the
outcome of Iranian patients with nasopharyngeal cancer and factors
influencing it.
