Abstract
A total of 58 cases of cancer of the maxillary sinus have been treated during the past five years at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine.
Our method of treatment consisted of a combined use of intra-arterial infusion of anti-cancer agents and irradiation or surgical treatment combined with the above treatment.
Of the 58 cases, 28 cases have been treated by the combined use of intra-arterial infusion and Lineac irradiation and 11 cases survive at present.
The remaining 30 cases have been treated by surgical treatment combined with the above treatment and 17 cases survive at present.
The authors concluded that most of the tumors cofined to the sinus cavity can be treated successfully by the intra-arterial infusion of Bleomycin (15 mg, 2 times a week to a total dose of 300 mg) and 6, 000 rads of Lineac irradiation and also that cancers extending beyond the walls of the sinus can be best treated by the radical operation performed after treatment by 150 mg. of Bleomycin and 3, 000 rads of Lineac irradiation.
