Clinical and histological study on the histological complete response by preoperative chemotherapy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

Autor: Akira Miyakawa, Tetsuyo Odajima, Kenji Nakamori, Makoto Noguchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka, Takashi Ichinohe, Gen-iku Kohama, Chikao Kataoka, Takashi Sekiguchi
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. 41:287-293
ISSN: 2186-1579
0021-5163
DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.41.287
Popis: Tow hundred eleven patients with previously untreated squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity were treated with preoperative chemotherapy followed by definitive surgery between April 1976 and March 1990. A 12.8%(27/211) rate of histologically complete response was achieved. Patients who achieved a histologically complete response had a better 5-year cumulative survival rate than patients who were histogically positive for tumor in the surgically resected specimens (88.3% vs. 61.0%, p
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