NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA STUDY Introduction and Multidisciplinary Perspective

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2008

Authors

Eduardo Breda (Author) Other; Raquel Catarino (Author) Other; Ana Coelho (Author) Other; Hugo Sousa (Author) Other; Rui Medeiros (Author) ICBAS

Journal

Title: Acta Medica Portuguesa

Vol. 21

Pages: 273-284

ISSN: 0870-399X

Publisher: Ordem dos Medicos

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

Scopus - 3 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Clinical medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-ZFP

Abstract (EN): Nasopharynx is a particular anatomic structure, located between the respiratory and digestive systems, and it is the geographic centre of all otorinolaringologic pathologies. Numerous filogenic, ontogenic and embryogenic factors contribute to the anatomic and physiologic structure of nasopharynx. These factors may directly contribute to the development of several pathologies, as the embryogenic pathology, or even in an indirect way, through the interaction with the environment, as the inflammatory and neoplastic pathologies, of which the nasopharyngeal carcinoma acquires great significance. The objective of this study was to endorse the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in the study of nasopharynx, contributing to a wider knowledge about the different kinds of diseases associated with this anatomic structure.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12