title: Sarcomas of head and neck - A 10 yrs experience.
abstract: 38 cases of sarcoma of head and neck region were analysed in a retrospective way in relation to age, anatomic location, histological, clinical profile, and surgical approaches. Compared to other types of head and neck neoplasms, such as squamous cell carcinoma, soft tissue sarcomas have low rates of regional metastases. However the biological behaviour of soft tissue sarcoma is more aggressive specially in paediatric age group. In the present series, CT scan was considered as the primary modality of investigation. Surgery generally has been recommended as the primary method of treatment for achieving local control, except in those high-grade tumours arising in sites not amenable to resection. 3-year and 5-year survival rates in this present series 50% and 31.6% respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta, 700 073 India  ; Sundaram Apartments, Barat, Lake Town, Calcutta, 700 089 India.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Somnath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Debdulal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
keywords: CT Scan; Chemoradiation; Excisional Biopsy; Prognostic factors; Soft tissue sarcoma; Survival rate