title: [Treatment of cervical lymph nodes in lip cancers].
abstract: From 1970 to 1985, 299 patients with lip cancer were examined, treated and followed-up at the Bergonié Foundation. In most cases, interstitial radiotherapy was used and the local control rate reached 94%. Local recurrences could usually be treated again, so that the final local control rate was 99%. However, the management of neck nodes remains controversial in some cases: 5.6% only of T1-2 N0 stages developed neck nodes, which were successfully controlled in 78.9% of cases and it was therefore considered that the preferred option should be to maintain the patients under close follow-up. For T3 N0 cases, of which 17.6% would evolve, it was considered that a sub-mental and sub-maxillary neck node dissection was advisable when performance status was satisfactory and when a close follow-up was difficult. The recurrence rate was 40% for patients with palpable neck nodes who were often submitted to a combined radio-surgical treatment. In such cases, recurrences were controlled in 22% of patients who died 7 times out of nine.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiothérapie, Fondation Bergonié, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cowen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Essomba
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richaud
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Renaud-Salis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pigneux
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000528:radiation effects; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Traitement des aires ganglionnaires cervicales dans les cancers des lèvres.