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Outcome of locally advanced stage III and IV head and neck cancer treated by surgery and postoperative external beam radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Kumar P. Pradeep,
Good Roger R.,
Yonkers Anthony J.,
Epstein Barry E.,
Ogren F. Paul,
Moore Gary F.
Publication year - 1987
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 - 10.1288/00005537-198705000-00016
Subject(s) - medicine , larynx , radiation therapy , head and neck cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , pyriform sinus , external beam radiotherapy , head and neck , retrospective cohort study , complication , basal cell , carcinoma , radiology , brachytherapy , fistula , paleontology , biology
An uncontrolled retrospective analysis of 76 patients with locally advanced Stage III and Stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, pyriform sinus, suproglottic larynx, glottic larynx, and hypopharynx, who were treated in a uniform manner by surgical resection and 6,600 rad postoperative external beam radiotherapy, revealed relatively high 2‐year and 4‐year adjusted survival rates of 76% and 68%, respectively. Complication rates were acceptable (8%). The advantages of this treatment approach for locally advanced head and neck cancers compared to treatment by surgery alone are discussed.