Abstract
Nasopharyngeal cancer has different malignancy types, based on its location. The
most frequent type of nasopharyngeal cancer is carcinoma of squamous cell which
happens on cells inside nose, mouth, and throat. The rare types happened such as
salivary gland tumor, lymphoma, and sarcoma. There are three main therapies to
treat nasopharyngeal cancer; they are radiation therapy, surgery, and chemotherapy.
The main treatment is radiation therapy or surgery and chemotherapy or combination
both of them. Chemotherapy is often conducted as an additional treatment.
Combination treatment between those three treatments optimally can be used for
nasopharyngeal cancer patient based on the location and disease stadium. Radiation
therapy on nasopharyngeal cancer can caused some side effects, such as mucositis,
salivary gland dysfunction, taste sense dysfunction and malnutrition, tooth disorders,
bone transforming, cutaneous transforming, nerve disorders, decreasing of
intellectual, lost of hearing sense, complication of malignant cancer caused by
radiation, and intracranial bleeding.
Recommended Citation
Yunus, Barunawaty
(2008)
"Efek samping terapi radiasi penderita kanker kepala dan leher pada kelenjar saliva,"
Dentofasial: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.15562/jdmfs.v7i1.194
Available at:
https://scholarhub.unhas.ac.id/dentofasial/vol7/iss1/2
Pages
57-62
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DOI
10.15562/jdmfs.v7i1.194