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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck: A clinical study of 37 cases
Author(s) -
Dalmaso M.,
Llppi L.
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.1288/00005537-198502000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , adenoid cystic carcinoma , radiation therapy , head and neck , radical surgery , carcinoma , surgery , general surgery , cancer
Thirty‐seven cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma treated at the Otolaryngologic Clinic of the University of Florence between 1962 and 1979 were studied. The patients were treated with radical surgical excision (20), non‐radical surgery associated with radiotherapy (13), or with palliative treatment (4). The aim of this study is to evaluate the course of the disease according to the site and type of operation. Our results show that nonradical surgical treatment associated with radiotherapy seems to give results comparable to those obtained with radical surgery alone.