title: Outpatient surgical treatment with CO2 laser in oral cancer: immediate and long-term results.
abstract: The immediate and long-term results of excising squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity or lip by CO2 laser are analysed in 51 consecutive subjects treated as out-patients. From January 1982 to December 1989, 39 cases of T1 and 12 cases of small (less than 2.5 cm) non-infiltrating recurrences of squamous cell carcinoma were treated at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan. Complete removal was obtained in 44 instances, while in 7 cases cancerous margins were observed on the specimen; 5 of these underwent another wider treatment and 2 refused further therapy. Two of 39 T1 patients developed local relapses and 6/12 recurrent cancers relapsed again. Long term results are complicated by second primary cancers in 19 instances. Out-patient laser therapy is well accepted by patients and its use involves lowered direct and indirect health organisation and social costs.
authors.affiliation: Head and Neck Oncology Surgical, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tradati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zurrida
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boracchi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sala
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Contardi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiesa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis