Abstract
Early detection of nasopharyngeat carcinoma (NPC) still remains a. ekalleng to the clinicians because of its nonspecific early signs and symptom, difficulty in the eramaation of the nasopharynx and also becuase of the disease’s early loco- regional spread. For an.early and rapid detection of this diseas a new diagnostic fool- CT guided FNAC of nasopharyns is interdadeced here in the diagnostic armamentarium of the head and neck cancers. In this prospective study 30 clinically suspectedcases of NPC are subjected to this new diagnostic tool along with tht other dignastic measures like radiological and pathological studies. The technique is found to be quite reliable in the diagnosis of NPC with a sensitivity of 63.2% and. a specificity of 100% The overall actaracy of the technique is 76.7% This, novel technique is fast and reliable, well tolerated by the patients with few complications, and if performed properly, can contain costs while maintaining high dianastic efficency
Key Words: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, CT guided FNAC, Early detection of cancer, First- noticed symptoms
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