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Retreatment of Recurrent Carcinoma of the Head and Neck by Afterloading Interstitial 192 IR Implant
Author(s) -
Emami Bahman,
Marks James E.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.1983.93.10.1345
Subject(s) - medicine , mallinckrodt , radiation therapy , implant , head and neck , surgery , carcinoma , head and neck cancer , nuclear medicine , radiology , family medicine
From January 1975 to December 1980, 25 patients with persistent or recurrent carcinomas of the head and neck were retreated for palliation at the Division of Radiation Oncology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. These patients had all undergone extensive previous treatment by surgery and/or radiation. All were retreated with 192 Ir interstitial implant with or without external radiation and/or surgical excision. Of 25 patients, 13 had complete response (CR) and 6 had partial response for a follow‐up period of 1 to 7 years. Of 13 patients with CR, 6 are alive with no evidence of disease (NED) and two died NED. We present detailed results and discuss our new strategy for such patients.