title: Relationship of dose to local control in advanced stage III and IV head and neck cancer treated by surgery and postoperative radiotherapy.
abstract: Retrospective analysis of 76 patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of multiple head and neck sites, who were treated by surgical resection and either 4,000-5,000, 6,000, or 6,600 rad postoperative external beam radiotherapy, revealed reduced local recurrence rates with increasing postoperative radiation dose.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies