A Clinical Analysis of 29 Patients with Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Parotid

VernacularTitle:腮腺腺泡细胞癌29例临床分析
Author: Fu-Jin CHEN ¹ ; An-Kui YANG ; Qiu-Li LI ; Zong-Yuan ZENG
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1. Sun Yat sen University of Medical Sciences
From:Chinese Journal of Cancer 2001;20(6):649-650
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective：This study was designed to summarize the clinical characteristics, biological behavior, and treatment results of acinic cell carcinoma of parotid. Method： Twenty nine cases of acinic cell carcinoma of parotid were collected to make clinical analysis. Results： The clinical feature of acinic cell carcinoma of parotid were observed as following： the incidence of male and female was equal and happen in any age group. The tumor usual located at superficial lobe of parotid, and growth slowly. The course was long with a mean of 5 years. The incidence of cervical lymph node metastasis was 17.2％ and distant metastasis was much less, the local recurrence rate was 20.7％ and the prognosis was relatively better. The survival rates of 3 year,5 year,10 year were 82.7％ ,80％ , and 76.9％ ,respectively. Conclusion： The incidence of acinic cell carcinoma of parotid is low, and acinic cell carcinoma of parotid could be considered as lower malignant tumor. Radical surgical ressection is the most common modality for its treatment, while larger lesion or recurrent cases may receive postoperative radiotherapy so as to decrease local recurrence.