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Radiation therapy of carcinoma of the tonsil
Author(s) -
Cardinale Francis,
Fischer James J.
Publication year - 1977
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(197702)39:2<604::aid-cncr2820390235>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , tonsil , radiation therapy , lesion , carcinoma , epidermoid carcinoma , external beam radiation , stage (stratigraphy) , radiology , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
The results of treatment with radiation therapy of 65 cases of epidermoid carcinoma of the palatine tonsil have been reviewed. The major determinant of prognosis is the stage of the primary lesion. Failure usually results from the inability to control local grossly detectable tumor. Thirteen of thirteen T 1 lesions but only two of sixteen T3 lesions were locally cured with external beam radiation therapy. No difference in survival was noted between patients with no clinical adenopathy vs those with clinically involved movable ipsilateral adenopathy.