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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
This is a retrospective analysis of the management of the neck in 84 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue treated with curative intent between 1968 and 1985. Patients with a clinically negative neck were treated to the neck only if the patient was thought to have a reasonable probability of occult neck metastases. This policy resulted in a 3-year adjusted neck control rate for N0 patients treated with limited (no, bilateral-partial, or ipsilateral) neck therapy of 38% compared with 95% for patients treated with bilateral, whole neck irradiation (p less than .001). None of the relapses in the patients with limited irradiation were in the treatment portal. Attempted salvage with a neck dissection resulted in cure in only 30%. The 3-year adjusted neck control rate for the N1 and N2 patients treated with total neck irradiation and surgery was 75% and 63%, respectively. The location of recurrence in these patients was in the field of irradiation, but contralateral to the side of the neck dissection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0360-3016
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
577-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The influence of extent of neck treatment upon control of cervical lymphadenopathy in cancers of the oral tongue.
pubmed:affiliation
Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 22908.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article