Abstract
A retrospective analysis was performed on 209 patients with carcinoma of the parotid who were treated with curative intent using surgery and post-operative irradiation. The five and ten-year actuarial survival were 71% and 65%. Failure at the primary site occurred in 24%, at nodal sites in 14%, and distantly in 23%. Multivariate analysis of prognostic variables identified age greater than 60 years, involved nodes, post-surgical residual disease, and poor differentiation to be bad prognostic variables.
MeSH terms
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Adenocarcinoma / radiotherapy
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Adenocarcinoma / surgery
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Australia / epidemiology
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Carcinoma / epidemiology
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Carcinoma / radiotherapy
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Carcinoma / surgery
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Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / epidemiology
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Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / radiotherapy
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Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / surgery
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
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Child
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Multivariate Analysis
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / epidemiology*
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Parotid Neoplasms / epidemiology
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Parotid Neoplasms / radiotherapy
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Parotid Neoplasms / surgery*
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Prognosis
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Retrospective Studies
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Survival Rate