title: Radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A retrospective review of carcinomas of the nasal vestibule seen at the Queensland Radium Institute over a 30-year period was undertaken.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-nine patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule who were treated with curative intent between 1960 and 1989 were analyzed. The 5-year actuarial survival and disease-free survival were 64% and 61%, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven patients were treated with combined modality treatment using surgery and post-operative radiotherapy and 22 were treated with radiation alone. The ultimate local control for those treated with combined modality treatment was 66% and for those treated with radiation alone was 68%. The 5-year actuarial survival was 57% and 67%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In view of the similar local control rates and 5-year survival in the two groups, we suggest that combined modality treatment may not be warranted in the initial treatment of patients with these tumors. Radiation treatment alone with salvage surgery would appear to be the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Radium Institute Mater Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poulsen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009666:Nose / Q000528:radiation effects; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies