title: Carcinoma of the soft palate.
abstract: During a 10 year period 30 patients with carcinoma of the soft palate were treated. There were 22 cases in stages I and II. A curative dose of irradiation was used in 25 cases, four of whom required surgical salvage. Another five cases were treated by a combined modality of surgery and postoperative radiation. Seven cases had nodal metastases. A mean two-year disease-free survival of 83 per cent was obtained. The probability of five-year disease free survival was 65 per cent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahadur
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Rath
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D010160:Palate, Soft; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods