title: Treatment of ameloblastoma of the jaws.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate treatment of ameloblastoma of the jaws and suggest a more aggressive approach for well-defined cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one patients were treated for ameloblastoma of the jaws.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventeen patients had a local recurrence; 14 had initial curettage and three had initial resection. Seven patients had two or more recurrences. Eight patients underwent radiotherapy; two died of progressive disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ameloblastoma had a high rate of local recurrence if not adequately removed. Segmental resection for the mandible and partial maxillectomy for the maxilla should be the primary treatment; marginal resection is appropriate only for small primary tumors. For multiple recurrences, radiotherapy is effective, and surgery and radiotherapy (50 Gy postoperatively) should be used in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinsolle
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Michelet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coustal
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Siberchicot
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Michelet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome