Chemotherapy for skull base cancers

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2001 Dec;34(6):1079-85, viii. doi: 10.1016/s0030-6665(05)70366-2.

Abstract

This article focuses on treatment options for select skull base problems that have decreased post-treatment morbidity and, in many cases, improved survival. The select skull base cancers covered include nasopharyngeal carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses, sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma, esthesioneuroblastoma, and salivary gland carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skull Base Neoplasms / drug therapy*