title: Treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma localized in the head and neck.
abstract: A total of 25 patients with indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma localized in the head and neck region was analyzed. Of these, 21 patients were classified as clinical Stage I, and 4 as Stage II. In 22 patients the extranodal site was involved, and it was a remarkable characteristic of this series of patients. Overall treatment results were as follows: survival rate 100% at 5 years, and relapse-free survival rate 81% at 2 and 5 years. There was only 1 death at 6 years and 2 months after treatment, and 4 relapses occurred by 2 years after treatment. Relapse was observed in 3 of 8 patients with follicular mixed/follicular medium type, which was in contrast to the other indolent histologies (SL, DSCl, ILL) with very few relapses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teshima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kozuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aozasa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis