Locally Advanced Stage High-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Salivary Gland in a 9-Year-Old Girl: The Controversy of Adjuvant Therapy | Zendy

Olga Micol Martínez | Zendy; Elena Daghoum Dorado | Zendy; María Dolores Amorós García | Zendy; María I. Ramirez | Zendy; Isabel de la Fuente Muñoz | Zendy; J.L. Fuster Soler | Zendy

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Locally Advanced Stage High-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Salivary Gland in a 9-Year-Old Girl: The Controversy of Adjuvant Therapy

Author(s) -

Olga Micol Martínez,

Elena Daghoum Dorado,

María Dolores Amorós García,

María I. Ramirez,

Isabel de la Fuente Muñoz,

J.L. Fuster Soler

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

rare tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2036-3613

pISSN - 2036-3605

DOI - 10.4081/rt.2016.6429

Subject(s) - medicine , mucoepidermoid carcinoma , girl , stage (stratigraphy) , salivary gland , radiation therapy , adjuvant therapy , adjuvant chemotherapy , adjuvant , therapeutic modalities , adjuvant radiotherapy , chemotherapy , surgery , oncology , cancer , psychology , paleontology , developmental psychology , breast cancer , biology

Malignant salivary gland tumors are rare in children, mostly represented by low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomas. For these patients, long-term survival rates above 95% are reported after surgical resection. Here we report a case of a 9-year-old girl with a high grade locally advanced mucoepidermoid carcinoma undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery. We emphasize the controversy and lack of evidence-based indication for these highly toxic adjuvant therapy modalities in children

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