Nasopharynx carcinomas. about 1342 cases treated at Oran, Algeria

The purpose was to describe the epidemiology, clinical and therapy characteristics of the cavum cancer and the different post therapy results. The cavum cancer is frequent in west Algeria. It is the first cancer of superior aero digestive tracts, the fifth one fro man and the seventh for woman. It represents 8% of the whole of cancers treated at the radiotherapy service in Oran. It is chemosensitive and can be cured by radiotherapy but the frequency of locoregional recurrences and metastases remains high, despite all therapeutic methods used. (N.C.)