Anterior Segment Complications After Radiotherapy for Sinonasal and Nasopharyngeal Cancer: High Frequency in Maxillary Sinus Cancer Treated with RADPLAT
Mutsumi Koyama, Seika Den, Akinori Baba, Hirokazu Ashida, Masao Kobayashi, Tadashi Nakano · 2026
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Mutsumi Koyama and colleagues counted eye surface problems after radiation treatment for cancers of the nose, sinuses, and throat. The front of the eye sits close to these treatment fields, and abnormal new blood vessels there can threaten sight. Writing in twenty twenty-six, the team reviewed patients treated with modern focused radiation over several years. They measured how often front-eye findings appeared overall and among patients sent to eye doctors. They paid special attention to a treatment that pairs radiation with chemotherapy infused straight into tumor-feeding arteries.
About two fifths of patients were referred for eye symptoms. Front-eye findings were common in both nasal and sinus cancers, and five-year rates ran higher for sinus cancer. New vessel growth was far more frequent after the artery-infused chemotherapy approach than after radiation alone, especially in sinus cancer cases. The authors urge eye monitoring for that group.
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| CREATOR | Mutsumi Koyama, Seika Den, Akinori Baba, Hirokazu Ashida, Masao Kobayashi, Tadashi Nakano |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |