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Outcome of treatment of 160 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the neck staged N3a
Author(s) -
Isaacs John H.,
Schnitman J. R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.2880120606
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , basal cell , surgery , disease , carcinoma , cause of death , cancer
One hundred sixty patients with N3a neck disease were studied to evaluate the overall treatment outcome. Of these, 54 recieved palliative radiotherapy and 106 patients were treated with treated with curative intent. Twenty patients (19%) died of inter‐current disease (13 at less than 2 years), and 13 of 93 patients followed for 2 or more years are alive with no evidence of disease. Thus, 73 patients died directly from cancer, with meta‐static disease being the leading cause of death. Almost one third of the patients failed to complete treatment.