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Treatment of hypopharyngeal carcinoma: analysis of nationwide study in the Netherlands over a 10‐year period
Author(s) -
Sewnaik A.,
Hoorweg J.J.,
Knegt P.P.,
Wieringa M.H.,
Beek J.M.H.,
Kerrebijn J.D.F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00913.x
Subject(s) - medicine , period (music) , carcinoma , general surgery , acoustics , physics
Objective: To analyse different treatment strategies and treatment results of hypopharyngeal carcinoma in the Netherlands. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Eight head and neck centres in the Netherlands. Participants: A total of 893 patients were treated between 1985 and 1994. Patients were mostly treated with radiotherapy alone, combined surgery and radiotherapy and surgery alone. Results: The 5‐year survival for the whole group was 26%. The 5‐year survival for patients treated with curative intention was 32% and treated with palliative intention was 5%. The 5‐year disease‐free survival after radiotherapy alone was 37%, after surgery alone 41% and after combined therapy 47%. The role of chemotherapy could not be investigated because of a small number of patients treated with chemotherapy in this period. Conclusion: Combined therapy with surgery and radiotherapy has a better survival for patients with a hypopharyngeal carcinoma in comparison with radiotherapy alone. The N‐stage is more important for the prognosis than the T‐stage.