Open AccessTreatment Outcomes for Primary Retromolar Trigone Carcinoma: A Single Institution Experience
Author(s) -
Uygar Demir,
Halide Öztürk Yanaşma
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-7466
DOI - 10.5152/tao.2020.5153
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , neck dissection , radiation therapy , statistical significance , lymph node , carcinoma , cancer , primary tumor , incidence (geometry) , metastasis , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
Retromolar trigone (RMT) is a rare location for oral cavity cancers. RMT cancers are aggressive malignancies that mostly present at an advanced stage. In this study, we aimed to evaluate treatment outcomes in patients who underwent initial radical surgical resection and postoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy with a diagnosis of primary RMT squamous cell carcinoma in our institution.