[Modified surgery and combination with radiotherapy in tumors].
Radiotherapy is more commonly employed in Western countries than in Japan. This therapy is highly effective according to a site and kind of cancer, and is superior to surgical treatment, not in a few, as for functional conservation, safety and radicalness. Reduced operation for the treatment of cancer occurring in the head or neck, ophthalmological tumor and skin cancer is herein discussed from a standpoint of the combination mainly with radiotherapy.
Uchida
M
M
Dept. of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital.
Yano
M
M
Yamashita
T
T
Nishi
M
M
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*