Nasopharyngeal carcinoma among the population in Jerusalem.

Purpose: Because the incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma differs in various ethnic groups, the heterogeneous population of Jerusalem was selected for an epidemiologic study.

Materials And Methods: Data from 63 consecutive patients diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma were collected in a retrospective manner. Information regarding sex, age, ethnic origin, tobacco and alcohol consumption, chronic sinusitis, and immunoglobulin (Ig)G to Epstein-Barr virus capsid antigen was tabulated and was statistically analyzed by the z test.

[Value of partial protection of lung tissue for prevention of radiation pneumonitis after total body irradiation].

Interstitial pneumonitis is one of the most serious complications in patients after bone marrow transplantation, and irradiation plays the main role in its etiology. A total of 44 patients with blood diseases were subjected to total-body irradiation before bone marrow transplantation. Chemotherapy, cyclophosphamide in a dose of 60 mg/kg/day, was conducted during two successive days.