| Autor: |
Boysen M; Department of Otolaryngology, University of Oslo, Norway., Lövdal O, Tausjö J, Winther F |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) [Eur J Cancer] 1992; Vol. 28 (2-3), pp. 426-30. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/s0959-8049(05)80068-1 |
| Abstrakt: |
Clinical findings, treatment and results have been recorded prospectively in 661 patients with carcinoma of the head and neck. With an average follow-up of 3 years 7813 follow-up consultations revealed 220 recurrences. The overall "recurrence pick-up rate" and subsequent "cure rate" was 1:36 and 1:113 consultations, respectively. Laryngeal carcinomas treated with radiotherapy and oral carcinomas receiving radiotherapy and limited resections showed recurrence "cure-rates" of 1:89 and 1:110, respectively. For other tumour sites the average "cure-rate" was 1:238. Only 39% of the recurrences were detected through physical examination. Follow-up consultations revealed 9.1% of second primaries. More time should be spent on training patients to recognise symptoms and signs of recurrence. Routine follow-up is rarely indicated beyond the third year after completion of treatment, or in patients for whom we have little to offer in terms of curative treatment. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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