Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the upper digestive and respiratory tracts. A retrospective study of 59 cases.
Fifty-nine cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) in the head and neck were reviewed and the treatment and follow-up results from 1950 to 1983 are reported. Nearly all patients were treated with combined therapy, i.e. surgery and radiotherapy, and the actuarial survival rate was 68% after 5 years, 45% after 10 years, and 30% after 15 years. Modern radiotherapy seems a very valuable means of treatment, not only as a palliative measure.
van der Schans
E J
EJ
Knegt
P
P
de Jong
P C
PC
van Andel
J G
JG
de Boer
M F
MF
Eykenboom
W
W
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors