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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
In consecutive series of 326 laryngeal cancer patients, of 29 (9%) with stage T3N0 glottic carcinomas, 23 achieved complete local remission after curative radiotherapy and form the basis of the present investigation. Flow cytometry determinations of DNA-ploidy status and the S-phase fraction, and a "histopathological malignancy grading system" were evaluated as possible patient- and/or tumor-related predictors of local recurrence. Twelve patients (52%) were continuously disease-free after radiotherapy, whereas 10 (43%) manifested local recurrence, and one distant metastasis. The radiotherapy delivered to patients who later suffered from a local recurrence did not differ from those being continuously disease-free. The frequency of local recurrence was significantly correlated to patients whose primary tumours manifested a low S-phase fraction (p < 0.05). A low S-phase fraction may indicate slowly proliferating tumour-cells, which become more radioresistant on exposure to a series of fractionated doses, as their reassortment into sensitive phases will be proportionately slower.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0001-6489
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
220-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
T3N0 glottic carcinoma: DNA S-phase as a predictor of the outcome after radiotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't