title: Maxillary sinus carcinoma.
abstract: Primary site control, anatomical site of failure, survival, and complications of treatment were determined in a retrospective review of primary maxillary sinus carcinoma. Sixty-one patients were treated by radiation followed by surgery and 35 by radiation alone. Primary tumor control was achieved in 69% of patients receiving combined treatment, 14% of patients treated with radiation alone, and 49% of all patients. Neck nodes were the initial site of tumor recurrence in 20% of patients treated with combined treatment. distant metastases were the first site of tumor recurrence in 8% of patients. Local control did not differ with histological type. Virtually all epidermoid  and undifferentiated carcinoma recurrences occurred within 2 years, but 27% of adenocarcinomas recurred after 2 years.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D012189:Retrospective Studies