Giant locally advanced and metastatic squamous cell skin carcinoma of head and neck region: case report
| Autor: | Karel Pokorny, Iveta Kolarova, Aleš Hlávka, Martin Dolezel, Vanásek J, Jan Štuk, Jan Vodička, Karel Odrazka, Martina Vitkova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Radical treatment
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Locally advanced Disease medicine.disease 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Recurrent Tumor Radiation therapy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Case report medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology Skin cancer Squamous Cell Skin Carcinoma Head and neck business |
| Zdroj: | Rep Pract Oncol Radiother |
| ISSN: | 1507-1367 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rpor.2019.10.009 |
| Popis: | Introduction At the present time, the skin tumors are among the most common cancers. Optimal therapy is based on the extent of the disease and the age of the patient. The need for radiotherapy occurs for inoperable locally advanced tumors and in the event of failure, salvage surgery is applied. Materials and methods We provided a case report of an older patient with giant squamous cell skin carcinoma and a review of published articles. Results We present a rare case of giant squamous cell skin carcinoma with metastatic satellite tumors that was primarily treated with curative radiotherapy. Five months after radiotherapy, a recurrent tumor was detected at the site of origin and the treatment was completed by salvage surgery. Full remission was achieved for four years. Conclusion Despite the seemingly incurable finding it is always necessary to consider radical treatment regardless of the patient´s age. Curative treatment could achieve long term remission in the group of older patients. |
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