| |
Patients (n) |
Nasal tumors (%) |
Definitive RT (%) |
RT technique |
RT dose (Gy) (Dose/fraction) |
CTx (%) |
LC (%) |
OS (%) |
Cosmetic results |
| Katz 2002 |
78 |
62 |
60 |
Anterior and lateral fields |
68 (1.8 or 1.2 twice daily) |
1 |
60 (5yrs) |
50 (5yrs) |
n.a. |
| Langendijket al. [4] |
56 |
100 |
100 |
Opposed lateral 6MV fields +/- BT boost |
67.5 (2.5) |
0 |
80(2yrs) |
66 (2yrs) |
n.a. |
| Levendaget al. [6] |
64 |
100 |
78 |
BT |
44 (3 twice daily) |
0 |
92 (5yrs) |
59 (5yrs) |
65% excellent or good results (n=23) |
| Wallace et al. [2] |
71 |
100 |
89 |
Anterior field MV elektrons and 6MV, BT |
65-75 |
3 |
87 (5yrs) |
76(5yrs) |
n.a.for def. treatment, poor for 6 patients and good for 2 patients treated with surgery and RT |
| Aggeret al. [14] |
174 |
100 |
69 |
Opposed lateral fields 250KV or MV |
54 (3) 62-66 (2) |
0 |
67 (5yrs) |
50 (5yrs) |
n.a. |
| Total |
443 |
92 |
79 |
|
|
1 |
77 |
60 |
|
