title: [Clinical observation of seventeen cases of carcinoma of the external auditory canal and middle ear].
abstract: The clinical observation of 17 cases with carcinoma of the external auditory canal and middle ear revealed that no other factors can affect the prognosis greatly except the death caused by recurrence of primary focus. Because operations would destroy the local anatomic structure and in most cases it is difficult to excise widely aggressive tumors perfectly, the author suggests that the auditory canals should be excised or extended mastoidotympanectomy with radiotherapy after operation be performed for the tumors limited to external canal or middle ear. Radiotherapy before operation can be conducted before extended mastoidotympanectomy or subtotal temporal bone resection for the cases with tumors beyond the middle ear. For the cases with tumors largely beyond the middle ear mastoidotomy can be performed before thorough radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Xuzhou Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Jiangsu 221002.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies