[The treatment by radiotherapy only of carcinomas of the margin of the larynx. Experience of the Institut Gustave-Roussy. 161 cases (author's transl)].
From 1955 to 1970, 161 squamous cell carcinomas of the épilarynx were treated at Institut Gustave-Roussy by radiation therapy alone. Most part of the patients were referred to radiotherapy for local extensions (21 cases), or medically poor conditions (73) forbiding surgery. Only 50 cases were really suitable to radiation therapy. Results are poor. 30% at 3 years, 15% at 5 years. Analysis of different groups (indications, size, of the tumor, nodes, mobility), gives a better appreciation of the possibility of radiation therapy. The results are in agreement with literature. Application of combination of surgery and radiotherapy permitted by improvement of anesthesia is probably better in same cases, but many of the patients with epilarynx are in so poor conditions, that besides patient suitable to radiation therapy (bulky tumors, type of epiglottis with normal mobility) many of the patients are in too poor conditions to receive surgery.
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage
Traitement par radiothérapie exclusive des cancers de la margelle laryngée. Expérience de l'Institut Gustave-Roussy. A propos de 161 cas.