Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment

The purpose of this review is to analyze the diagnosis and treatments of the sinonasal malignant tumors throw systematic reviewed literature. The systematic review of the literature was performed according to PRISMA guidelines.

Total 11,653 cases of five article were analyzed. The cohort of 3824 cases received appropriate treatment. The most frequent histotype of the group of sinonasal malignancies was squamous cell carcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma was represented by 54%. The other histopathological subtypes were esthesioneuroblastoma with 9,9%, melanoma 9,8%, adenocarcinoma 7,5%, sarcoma 7,3%, adeno cystic carcinoma 7,1%, sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma 3,9%, sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma 2,8% respectively. All 772 cases of total 3824 were treated only surgically. All 62 cases of total 3824 were treated without surgery, 20 cases with proton technique and SFUD, and 42 cases with proton technique and IMRT. The other 2990 cases of total 3824 were treated with multimodality treatment.

The diagnosis and treatment of sinonasal cancers require a interdisciplinary approach and multimodality treatment.