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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
810
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
The records of 165 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx treated at our hospital with external and/or interstitial radiotherapy between 1971 and 1990 were reviewed to evaluate the treatment results, focusing on primary control and complications. All cancers were restaged according to the UICC 1987 TNM staging system. Of these 165 patients, 11% were in Stage I, 55% in Stage II, 24% in Stage III and 8.5% in Stage IV. Local control and complications were analysed in 140 patients. The remaining 25 patients died of intercurrent or metastatic disease during the first 2 years following treatment and were excluded from the analysis. 70 patients were treated by interstitial implant using permanent implant seeds (Rn-222 in eight patients, Au-198 in 62 patients) with or without external radiation. 56 other patients received external irradiation alone and another 14 patients received pre-operative external irradiation plus surgery. 2-year recurrence-free rates were 73% (100% for T1, 76% for T2, 36% for T3 tumours) in the patients who received interstitial implant with or without external radiation and 36% (67% for T1, 48% for T2, 13% for T3 tumours) in the patients treated by external irradiation alone. The incidence of soft-tissue or bone complications requiring long-term treatment was 14%. Based on these findings, it is believed that an interstitial implant using Au-198 grains combined with external beam irradiation is a useful treatment modality for small lesions of the oropharynx.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0007-1285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
630-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
External and interstitial radiotherapy in the treatment of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article