An analysis of radiotherapy in the management of 104 patients with parotid carcinoma.
Abstract
A retrospective analysis was made of 104 patients with parotid carcinoma treated with radical radiotherapy between 1977 and 1986. Eighty-seven patients received postoperative radiotherapy and 17 had radiotherapy alone. The 5- and 10-year survival figures, corrected for intercurrent deaths, were 60% and 49% respectively, with primary control rates of 68% and 58%. Local control was significantly better for patients initially presenting with T1/T2 disease, but local relapse still occurred in 23% of these patients. Of 13 patients with acinic cell tumours, four developed local recurrence and a further two had metastatic disease. These patterns of relapse suggest that patients with parotid carcinoma should receive postoperative radiotherapy irrespective of disease stage or histological type.Citation
An analysis of radiotherapy in the management of 104 patients with parotid carcinoma. 1995, 7 (1):16-20 Clin OncolJournal
Clinical OncologyPubMed ID
7727300Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
0936-6555Collections
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