Department of Radiology (Fang YH,Chen YB,Xiao YP),Departmengt of Radiation Oncology (Lin SJ,Zong JF,Pan JJ),Fujian Provincial Hospital,Teaching Hospital of Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou 350014,China
Abstract:Objective To identify the prognostic value of paranasal sinus involvement based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in the staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Methods The clinical data of 1179 patients who were initially diagnosed with NPC by MRI and received IMRT from 2005 to 2010 were analyzed retrospectively, and staging was performed for these patients again according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system. Paranasal sinus involvement was classified into T3 stage with paranasal sinus involvement and T4 stage with paranasal sinus involvement. Overall survival (OS), local relapse-free survival (LRFS), and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and the log-rank test was used for survival difference analysis. The Cox regression model was used to investigate the independent prognostic factors and the hazard ratios for local relapse in each T group. Results The rate of paranasal sinus involvement was 14.2%, and paranasal sinus involvement was not an independent prognostic factor for OS, LRFS, or DMFS of NPC patients (P=0.677,0.485,0.211). The patients in T2 stage, T3 stage with paranasal sinuses involvement, and T3 stage without paranasal sinuses involvement had similar hazard ratios for local relapse (HR=1.927,2.030,2.283), and the three groups of patients also had similar LRFS and OS curves (P>0.05), which were significantly different from those of the patients in T4 stage with paranasal sinus involvement and T4 stage without paranasal sinus involvement (P<0.05). Conclusions Paranasal sinus involvement is not an independent prognostic factor for OS, LRFS, or DMFS in NPC treated with IMRT;however, the patients in T3 stage with paranasal sinus involvement have similar LRFS and OS as those in T2 and T3 stages, and have better prognosis than those in T4 stage.
. The prognostic value of paranasal sinus involvement based on MRI in nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2016, 25(1): 9-13.
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