Treatment Result of KTP Laser Nasopharyngectomy in Recurrent NPC Patients

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Investigate the treatment result of KTP laser nasopharyngectomy in recurrent NPC patients

Clinical Trial Description

Nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPCs) are highly radiosensitive tumors, and the primary treatment of NPCs is radiotherapy.1 Because most patients who have NPC are at advanced stages when initially seen, local failures in terms of persistence or recurrence are not infrequent after primary radiotherapy.2,3 Local regional relapse without the presence of distant failure can still be salvaged and should be aggressively treated. Tumors relapsing in the nasopharynx can be salvaged using either re-irradiation or surgical techniques.1 Although re-irradiation to the recurrent tumor can extent the 5-year actuarial survival rate, it is associated with high morbidity. 4-6 Traditional nasopharyngectomy has been associated with local control rates on the order of 40%~50%, but it has also been associated with complications such as palatal defects, trismus, facial scarring, osteomyelitis, etc.7-10 That is the reason why surgeons continue searching for new methods for performing nasopharyngectomies with lower morbidities.

Nasopharyngectomies are difficult to perform because of the inaccessibility of the nasopharynx. More difficulties are encountered in performing a nasopharyngectomy through the nose due to the restricted surgical field. With advances in techniques of endoscopy and application of the potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser in surgery, pathologic lesions located either at the choanal margin or in the nasopharynx can easily be managed with instruments inserted via the nasal cavities. The surgical technique had been accepted by the authority journal. This time, we will review the therapeutic result of KTP-laser nasopharyngectomy in patients with recurrent NPC. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Defined Population, Time Perspective: Longitudinal

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00364962
Study type	Observational
Source	National Taiwan University Hospital
Contact	Ching-Ting Tan, MD, PhD
Phone	886-2-23123456
Email	christin@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
Status	Recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	April 2006
Completion date	June 2006

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