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Results of treatment for squamous carcinoma of the lower gum
Author(s) -
Byers Robert M.,
Newman Richard,
Russell Nancy,
Yue Agnes
Publication year - 1981
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(19810501)47:9<2236::aid-cncr2820470922>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , carcinoma , adverse effect , perineural invasion , distant metastasis , cancer , radiation therapy , basal cell , metastasis
The records of 61 patients with a diagnosis of squamous carcinoma of the lower alveolar ridge were reviewed. The overall two‐year survival was 67% with a local or regional failure of 5%. The majority of patients were treated with surgery initially with an excellent local control of 98%, if the patient who died in the postoperative period and the patient lost to follow‐up are excluded. Radiation therapy should be used postoperatively for those patients whose cancer exhibits some of the adverse findings such as extensive nodal metastasis, perineural invasion, or inadequate margins of surgical resection.