Cognitive Function of Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma With and Without Temporal Lobe Radionecrosis

Abstract

Radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma seemed to have adverse but insignificant effects on the cognitive functions of the patients. However, for patients who developed temporal lobe necrosis after radiotherapy, memory, language, motor ability, and executive functions were significantly impaired, although their general intelligence remained relatively intact.