Aggressive surgery in treatment for parotid cancer: the role of adjunctive postoperative radiotherapy.
A 7 year follow-up of 120 patients with malignant parotid cancers revealed parotidectomy to be an adequate procedure for low-grade, nonaggressive lesions. The addition of radiation therapy postoperatively will improve local and regional control of high-grade, aggressive lesions. Postoperative radiation therapy may also make the removal of the facial nerve unnecessary in certain clinical presentations.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery