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Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 113 patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy between 2019 and 2022. Anterior segment findings were evaluated using the whole cohort as the denominator and among patients referred for ocular symptoms. Cumulative incidence was estimated with death as a competing risk using the Aalen\u2013Johansen estimator and compared using Gray\u2019s test. Results: Median follow-up was 1666 days. Forty-seven patients (41.6%) were referred to ophthalmology. Anterior segment findings occurred in 16\/60 patients (26.7%) with nasal cavity cancer and 13\/31 (41.9%) with maxillary sinus cancer (p = 0.16); 5-year cumulative incidences were 27.7% and 46.1%, respectively (p = 0.018). Anterior segment neovascularization occurred in 7\/113 patients (6.2%), including 6\/21 (28.6%) treated with RADPLAT and 1\/92 (1.1%) without RADPLAT (p &lt; 0.001); 5-year cumulative incidences were 31.4% and 1.4%, respectively (p &lt; 0.001). Among patients with maxillary sinus cancer, neovascularization occurred in 5\/19 RADPLAT-treated patients and 0\/12 non-RADPLAT patients (p = 0.13); however, median follow-up was substantially shorter in the non-RADPLAT group (385 vs. 1784 days). Neovascularization developed late (median, 975 days), and four affected patients had final best-corrected visual acuity below 0.05. Conclusions: Anterior segment findings showed distinct temporal patterns after radiotherapy. Late, vision-threatening neovascularization was strongly associated with RADPLAT, although causality cannot be established because treatment selection was confounded by tumor site, disease extent, orbital invasion, and radiotherapy characteristics. These findings identify anterior segment neovascularization as an important safety signal warranting prospective evaluation. Standardized baseline ophthalmological assessment, long-term surveillance, and patient-level ocular dosimetry are needed to clarify mechanisms and define appropriate follow-up strategies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15176862","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]],"date-time":"2026-09-04T17:25:56Z","timestamp":1788542756000},"page":"6862","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Anterior Segment Complications After Radiotherapy for Sinonasal and Nasopharyngeal Cancer: High Frequency in Maxillary Sinus Cancer Treated with RADPLAT"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Mutsumi","family":"Koyama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-19-18, Nishishinbashi, Minato City 1050003, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Seika","family":"Den","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, 6-41-2, Aoto, Katsushika City 1258506, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Akinori","family":"Baba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Baba Eye Clinic, 1688 Takahayashihigashicho, Ota City 3730825, Gunma, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Hirokazu","family":"Ashida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-19-18, Nishishinbashi, Minato City 1050003, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-4663-4651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Masao","family":"Kobayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-19-18, Nishishinbashi, Minato City 1050003, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3184-1991","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tadashi","family":"Nakano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-19-18, Nishishinbashi, Minato City 1050003, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Arturi, F.J., Arons, D., Murphy, N.J., Yu, C., Panse, D., Cherry, D.R., Hsieh, K., Bloom, J.R., Nehlsen, A.D., and Salgado, L.R. 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