Neurosurgical interventions for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a single institution experience

Table 2 Characteristics of patients with synchronous NPC and brain tumor

Patient number	Age at diagnosis, y/Sex	TNM classification of NPC	Location/type of synchronous brain tumor	Treatment for NPC	Treatment for brain tumor	Follow up, mo	Outcome
19	30/M	T3N2M0	Left frontal lobe/GBM	Chemoradiotherapy, chemotherapy	Subtotal removal, radiotherapy, chemotherapy	10	Died of glioma at 10 months
20	37/M	T1N0M0	Left frontal lobe/WHO grade II astrocytoma	Radiotherapy	Subtotal removal, radiotherapy, chemotherapy	82	Survival with recurrent glioma
21	45/M	T2N0M0	Sphenoidal sinus, anterior and middle skull base/meningioma	Radiotherapy	Total removal	52	Survival without recurrence
22	68/M	T4N2M0	Anterior skull base/meningioma	Chemoradiotherapy, chemotherapy	Total removal	24	Survival without recurrence

NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, TNM, tumor, node, metastasis, M, male mo, month, GBM, glioblastoma multiforme, WHO, World Health Organization.

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