Clinical and histological features and treatment of major salivary cancer
- Author:
Thoi Huu Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
major salivary cancer
- MeSH:
Salivary Gland Diseases;
Histological Techniques;
diagnosis;
therapeutics;
Salivary Gland Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):36-37
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Among 156 patients with ages of 15-80, suffering the major salivary cancer in which parotid salivary cancer (73.5%), mandibullar salivary (26.5%), 15% of patients had symptoms of paralysis of peripheral facial nerve. 9.6% of patients had persistent pain. The patients received an operation for selective ganglion curettage. If the ganglion was positive, postoperative radiation indicated for both tumor and ganglion at dose of 70 Gy. If the ganglion was negative, the postoperative radiation indicated for primary tumor at dose of 70 Gy. Results: the total survival rate after 3 years and 5 years of the treatment was 74.1 and 60.6%, respectively. The local relapse rate after the single operation, radiation at dose of 50 Gy and dose of 70 Gy was 48.1%, 71.4% and 3% respectively
