Objective: To study salvage surgery for persistent or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma after irradiation failure.
Methods: A total of 84 cases underwent salvage surgery for persistent or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma after irradiation failure between 1993 and 2009 was reviewed. rTNM stage: rT1 34 cases, rT2 27 cases, rT3 12 cases and rT4 11 cases; rN0 70 cases, rN1 9 cases and rN2 5 cases; No with distance metastatic. The salvage surgeries were performed using maxillary swing approach (47 cases), transcervical-mandibulo-palatal approach (21 cases), palate nasopharyngectomy (6 cases), lateral rhinotomy (7 cases), and maxillectomy (3 cases).
Results: Persistent or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma after irradiation failure was resected completely in 57 patients (67.9%) and there were microscopic residual diseases in 27 patients (32.1%). The median follow-up was 27 months. Postoperative recurrence occurred in 35 cases. Thirty-six patients died of recurrence, metastasis and other diseases. The overall 5 year survival rate was 43.6%. Cox regression analysis indicated the complete resection for persistent or recurrent disease and no cervical metastasis were two independent factors affecting survival.
Conclusions: Salvage surgery for persistent or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma after irradiation failure is an effective treatment.
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