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Metastatic Pharyngeal Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1648888
•Concept ID:
C4744552
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A carcinoma that arises from the pharynx and has metastasized to another anatomic site. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment Options for Hypopharyngeal Cancer.
Eckel HE, Bradley PJ
Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2019;83:47-53. Epub 2019 Feb 12 doi: 10.1159/000492308. PMID: 30943512
Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults.
Pynnonen MA, Gillespie MB, Roman B, Rosenfeld RM, Tunkel DE, Bontempo L, Brook I, Chick DA, Colandrea M, Finestone SA, Fowler JC, Griffith CC, Henson Z, Levine C, Mehta V, Salama A, Scharpf J, Shatzkes DR, Stern WB, Youngerman JS, Corrigan MD
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Sep;157(2_suppl):S1-S30. doi: 10.1177/0194599817722550. PMID: 28891406
Metastatic retropharyngeal lymph nodes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: imaging criteria.
Sharma M, Bartlett E, Yu E
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2010 Nov;10(11):1703-6. doi: 10.1586/era.10.159. PMID: 21080798

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Natural killer cells and metastases from pharyngeal carcinoma.
Schantz SP, Savage HE, Racz T, Taylor DL, Sacks PG
Am J Surg 1989 Oct;158(4):361-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(89)90134-7. PMID: 2802042

Diagnosis

Metastatic hypopharyngeal carcinoma mimicking necrotizing vasculitis of the skin.
Nigro MA, Chieregato G, Castellani L
Cutis 1992 Mar;49(3):187-8. PMID: 1572223

Therapy

Natural killer cells and metastases from pharyngeal carcinoma.
Schantz SP, Savage HE, Racz T, Taylor DL, Sacks PG
Am J Surg 1989 Oct;158(4):361-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(89)90134-7. PMID: 2802042

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