Английская Википедия:Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Medref Шаблон:Infobox medical intervention Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy is a form of endoscopic surgery to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma.[1] This type of cancer is commonly treated with radiation therapy and chemotherapy, but endoscopic operation offers an alternative treatment especially when the radiation therapy fails.[2]

In the early stages oncology, endoscopic surgeries were considered to be radical treatment[3] despite the surgery being minimally invasive.[4] The surgery is effective the treatment of recently diagnosed localized nasopharyngeal cancer for stage I patients.

Patient selection is extremely important in order to avoid surgical complications. Patients diagnosed with rT1 or rT2 tumors, and some rT3 tumors may be candidates for the surgery.[5]

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