title: Ameloblastoma, a rare benign odontogenic tumour: an interesting tumour review targeting the role of radiation therapy.
abstract: Ameloblastoma is known as a benign, slow-growing, rare, odontogenic neoplasm. The solid/multicystic, the unicystic with a fibrous connective-tissue capsule and the peripheral ameloblastoma represent the three well distinguished clinical types of ameloblastoma. Surgical resection with an attempt to achieve adequate free margins constitutes a well documented and accepted treatment modality. Controversies exist, however, with regard to the extent of operative intervention. Patients with inadequate or positive surgical margins or unresectable lesions can be treated with radiation or combined radiation and chemotherapy. The authors present a review of this sparse disease focusing on the special role and efficacy of radiation therapy in its management.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Radiation Oncology, "Saint Savvas" Anticancer Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece. gkoyokoyrakis@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Koukourakis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miliadou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sotiropoulou-Lontou
mesh_terms: D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery
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