Publications by authors named "Abdulaziz Belal"
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and outcomes of neoadjuvant cisplatinum and epirubicin chemotherapy followed by concurrent cisplatinum chemotherapy with radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Methods And Materials: One hundred ten patients (80 male, 30 female) with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, staged according to the 1997 International Union Against Cancer/American Joint Committee on Cancer classification system as IIB (n = 9), III (n = 20), IVA (n = 32), and IVB (n = 49), World Health Organization types II (n = 25) and III (n = 85), were included in this protocol between January 1998 and July 2000 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre. Patients underwent two cycles of induction chemotherapy with cisplatinum 100 mg/m(2) and epirubicin 70 mg/m(2) on Days 1 and 21, followed by a radical course of radiotherapy (6,600 cGy in 6.
Purpose: Gliomas of the optic pathways are rare childhood central nervous system tumors. The treatment approach is controversial because of its rarity and the slow and unpredictable growth rates of these lesions.
Methods And Materials: We reviewed 50 patients with the diagnosis of optic pathway low-grade gliomas treated between January 1980 and December 1995 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia.