Surgical salvage in postcricoid cancer.
Twenty-one total pharyngo-laryngectomies have been performed at the Manchester Royal Infirmary between 1968 and 1982. A variety of methods of repair have been used, gastric transposition being the most common. Seventeen patients had received previous radiotherapy to the area, fourteen radical, two palliative and one to a supraglottic carcinoma 12 years before. Four had tumours judged to be too large to benefit from radiotherapy. Of the patients who received radiotherapy, fourteen had a good response with palliation for an average of ten months before symptoms began to return. Four patients survived over five years post-operatively and ten died following surgery.
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Weighill
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps