Recurrence of adenoid carcinoma of the nasal septum

Patient: I had surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy for adenoid carcinoma of the nasal septum in 2011, and it came back in 2012. How can it be cured? What is the cure rate? Liao Jianchun, Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Long March Hospital: Hello, the main treatment for adenoid cystic carcinoma of nasal cavity and sinus is complete surgical resection, radiotherapy is not sensitive to adenoid cystic carcinoma, after recurrence, it is better to go to hospital for thorough examination of nasal CT and nasal microscope to understand the scope of tumor growth, in addition, check whether there is metastasis in the whole body, adenoid cystic carcinoma is easy to lymphatic metastasis and lung metastasis, we now use minimally invasive Nowadays, we adopt minimally invasive nasal endoscopy-assisted below mid-resection to perform nasal cavity and sinus anterior skull base tumor resection for the treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma of nasal septum.