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1591057

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Clinical findings, treatment and results have been recorded prospectively in 661 patients with carcinoma of the head and neck. With an average follow-up of 3 years 7813 follow-up consultations revealed 220 recurrences. The overall "recurrence pick-up rate" and subsequent "cure rate" was 1:36 and 1:113 consultations, respectively. Laryngeal carcinomas treated with radiotherapy and oral carcinomas receiving radiotherapy and limited resections showed recurrence "cure-rates" of 1:89 and 1:110, respectively. For other tumour sites the average "cure-rate" was 1:238. Only 39% of the recurrences were detected through physical examination. Follow-up consultations revealed 9.1% of second primaries. More time should be spent on training patients to recognise symptoms and signs of recurrence. Routine follow-up is rarely indicated beyond the third year after completion of treatment, or in patients for whom we have little to offer in terms of curative treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
426-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
The value of follow-up in patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't