title: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the upper digestive and respiratory tracts. A retrospective study of 59 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: van der Schans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Knegt
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: van Andel
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eykenboom
mesh_terms: 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