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Prevention of tracheal stoma recurrences after total laryngectomy by postoperative irradiation
Author(s) -
Schneider Jack J.,
Lindberg Robert D.,
Jesse Richard H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930070303
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngectomy , stoma (medicine) , surgery , general surgery , larynx
Patients with advanced glottic cancer, in whom there is extensive subglottic disease and/or low cervical lymph node metastasis, have a high incidence of recurrence in and about the tracheal stoma. Stoma recurrences can be prevented by immediate postoperative megavoltage radiotherapy when the stoma is included in the irradiated volume.