Treatment of Cancer of the Nasal Cavity

Sinonasal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

“…[28][29][30] The average age of SNACC onset in this analysis was 56.4 years, within the previously reported range of 40 to 60 years. 2,31,32 Nasal obstruction and difficulty breathing were the most frequently reported presenting symptoms, in line with prior reports.…”

Nasal and paranasal sinus carcinoma: Are we making progress?

“…The close relation between survival and local control underscores the fact that the prognosis for patients with nasal and paranasal sinus carcinoma is related directly to local control of the disease. 4,5,103,117,154,157,174,186,196 In the literature, global results, most often expressed in terms of crude survival, vary between 10% 60,61,63,70,77,80,82,152 and 75%, 40,106,109,132,135,160,161,165,176 with better results in carefully selected patients, in patients with primary tumors of the nasal cavity, and in more recently published articles. The average over- all survival rate from the systematic review analysis was 41%, and the overall survival rate for the 1990s was 51%.…”

“…Articles that employed a staging system for patients with nasal and ethmoid carcinoma were sparse, and the classification systems used varied 4,29,30,77,100,109,151,165,171,188,196,203 and sometimes were arbitrary 57,74,107,108,110,130,156,162,204 -206 Only one previous study used a similar classification system in 54 patients with nasal and paranasal carcinoma 183 It is difficult to compare our data in terms of disease stage for these locations until a universal staging system is adopted. For this study, we reluctantly abandoned the staging system that we proposed several years ago for patients with esthesioneuroblastoma 4,207 in favor of the UICC classification system in the search for such a consensus.…”

Nasal Septal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Chart Review and Meta‐analysis

“…Compared with lesions of adjacent nasal sites, septal lesions have a better outcome because they present earlier and at a smaller size and because they are more radiosensitive 6 . This variable behavior of nasal cavity lesions is less than adequately accounted for by the numerous proposed staging systems that only make distinctions according to tumor size and extension 7‐11 . Lesions in an advanced state can create even more problems in staging, in that it is difficult to differentiate between the epicenter of the tumor and an area of extension.…”