Carcinoma of the pyriform sinus.
Ninety-one consecutive patients with carcinoma of the pyriform sinus were treated surgically during a ten year period from 1964 to 1973. Two of the ninety-one patients died postoperatively. The absolute five year survival was fifteen to fifty-nine patients or 25.4 per cent. One of the survivors had bilateral cervical metastases at the time of initial operation.
D000368:Aged; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*