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RESULTS OF THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SELECTED PATIENTS WITH SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER OF THE MOUTH AND THROAT
Author(s) -
FLEMING W. B.,
LONG T. M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04913.x
Subject(s) - medicine , throat , squamous cell cancer , basal cell , oral cavity , surgery , radiation therapy , cancer , survival rate , disease , dentistry
The five year results of excision of cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx in 172 patients selected for surgical treatment are reported. The overall survival rate was 48.8%, with 39.5% of patients dying with persistent or recurrent disease. An unexpectedly high survival rate of 42.2% was achieved in 45 patients with residual or recurrent tumour resected after failed initial radiation therapy.