Complete Remission After Definitive Radiotherapy in Carotid Body Tumor

Authors

  • Jiraporn Setakornnukul

Keywords:

Carotidbodytumor, radiotherapy, complete remission

Abstract

A 47-year-old woman with unresectable recurrent carotid body tumor was treated by 3-dimension conformal ra- diotherapy with total dose of 48 Gy in 16 fractions. Slow onset of tumor response, but eventually complete remission was noted withlong-term tumor control at 5 years.

 

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Published

06-04-2017

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Setakornnukul, J. (2017). Complete Remission After Definitive Radiotherapy in Carotid Body Tumor. Siriraj Medical Journal, 65(6), 178–180. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/82358

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 6 (2013): November-December

Section

Case Report

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