[Head and neck lymph node metastases from unknown primary site].
The aim of this paper was to evaluate the group of 50 patients with cervical nodes metastases from unknown primary site treated between 1980-1995 in Maria Sk_odowska-Curie Memorial Institute of Oncology in Gliwice. There were 42 males and 8 females ranging in age from 26 to 85 years (median 60). 24 patients underwent combined therapy (surgery with postoperative radiotherapy), 22 underwent radiotherapy. Only 4 patients were treated with surgery alone. 3-years DFS rates were 59% in group treated with combined method, and 10% in group treated only with radiation therapy (p = 0.003). After a median follow up of 39 months 10 primary tumors were discovered--8 in head and neck region, 2 in lower respiratory tracts. DFS rate in group with discovered primary tumors was 40%.
Sasiadek
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I Klinika Radioterapii, Centrum Onkologii Instytutu im. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie Oddział w Gliwicach.
Składowski
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Wygoda
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Mucha
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Pilecki
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B
Syguła
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000601:surgery*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary