Retrospective Study
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World J Otorhinolaryngol. May 28, 2015; 5(2): 65-70
Published online May 28, 2015. doi: 10.5319/wjo.v5.i2.65
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Long term follow-up of 83 patients
Ali Mardassi, Nabil Mathlouthi, Nawel Hlila, Chiraz Halouani, Sameh Mezri, Cyrine Zgolli, Ghassen Chebbi, Rania Ben Mhamed, Khemaies Akkari, Sonia Benzarti
Ali Mardassi, Nabil Mathlouthi, Nawel Hlila, Chiraz Halouani, Sameh Mezri, Cyrine Zgolli, Ghassen Chebbi, Rania Ben Mhamed, Khemaies Akkari, Sonia Benzarti, ENT Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis 1008, Tunisia
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the collection of data, the redaction of the manuscript and had approved this final version of the article.
Ethics approval: The study has been approved by the medical ethics committee of the military hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Informed consent: All the study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest: None.
Data sharing: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at alimardassi@gmail.com.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Ali Mardassi, MD, ENT Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Montfleury, Tunis 1008, Tunisia. alimardassi@gmail.com
Telephone: +216-22-552252
Received: September 27, 2014
Peer-review started: September 28, 2014
First decision: January 8, 2015
Revised: February 13, 2015
Accepted: March 5, 2015
Article in press: March 9, 2015
Published online: May 28, 2015
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Core Tip

Core tip: The carcinoma of the nasopharynx (NPC) is a particular form of cervico-facial cancers by its anatomic location, distinct pathologic features, ethnic pathogenesis and specific clinical outcome. This tumor is thought to have a good prognosis especially in undifferentiated and locally noninvasive forms. In this paper, we report our experience in the management of NPC and we report our results and complications during and after the end of therapy.