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195701

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Sixty-seven cases of histologically proven malignant parotid tumors are presented. Forty percent of the tumors were differentiated adenocarcinoma, while malignant mixed tumors (or pleomorphic adenocarcinomas) formed 18%. The remaining types of malignant salivary tumors are also represented in the series. The natural history and spread of these tumors are studied in detail, with lymph-node metastasis occurring in 25% of the cases and distant metastasis in 20%. Malignant tumors involve largely the retromandibular portion of the parotid gland in over 40% of the cases and the preauricular portion in about one-fifth of the cases. Both regions are affected in a further fifth of the cases. A combination of surgery and radiotherapy was the method employed for curative therapy, with radiotherapy alone reserved mainly for palliation. While the overall five-year survival was 42%, late recurrences constitute a serious problem with eventual demise of about half of these patients. Various factors affecting the prognosis, including histological type of tumor, method of treatment and response to radiotherapy are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
136-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Malignant parotid tumors: natural history and treatment.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article