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The value of postoperative radiotherapy as an adjuvant to radical neck dissection
Author(s) -
Bartelink Harry,
Breur Klaas,
Hart Guus,
Annyas Bert,
van Slooten Emil,
Snow Gordon
Publication year - 1983
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(19830915)52:6<1008::aid-cncr2820520613>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , neck dissection , adjuvant radiotherapy , head and neck , dissection (medical) , surgery , radiology , cancer
In this study the results of combined radiotherapy and surgery are compared with the results of surgery alone in patients with neck node metastases from squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck region. Postoperative radiotherapy decreases the recurrence rate in the neck, especially in cases with histologically established extranodal spread. Results of preoperative radiotherapy were similar to those of irradiation after surgery. Postoperative radiotherapy is favored, because it allows a selection of patients for extra treatment on the base of prognostic information, provided by the histologic characteristics of the neck dissection specimen.