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Elective irradiation of subclinical disease in cancers of the head and neck
Author(s) -
Fletcher Gilbert H.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197206)29:6<1450::aid-cncr2820290605>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - medicine , subclinical infection , head and neck cancer , respiratory tract , cancer , head and neck , salivary gland , basal cell , lymph node , disease , pathology , oncology , surgery , respiratory system
Forty‐five hundred to 5,000 rads in 5 weeks, 5 days a week, is adequate to eradicate more than 90 per cent of subclinical aggregates of epithelial cancer cells. The elective irradiation of neck nodes in squamous cell carcinoma of the upper respiratory and digestive tract is based on the probability of infestation of specific node areas. This policy applies to the high‐grade malignant tumors of minor salivary gland origin. The ipsilateral neck should be irradiated in patients with malignant tumors of the major salivary glands.