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Radiation therapy of laryngeal cancer: A twenty year experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. L. K. Robson*
Affiliation:
Middlesbrough
V. H. Oswal
Affiliation:
Middlesbrough
L. M. Flood
Affiliation:
Middlesbrough
*
Dr. Nobel Robson, 33 Worsley Crescent, Marton, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.

Abstract

This paper reviews a 20 year experience of radiation treatment of 286 laryngeal cancers and presents results with a minimum five year follow-up. All cases presented had glottic or supraglottic squamous cell carcinomas with no clinical evidence of nodal metastasis. A policy of primary radiotherapy, with surgery for salvage of treatment failures, produced control of primary disease and prevention of metastases superior to most other regimes documented in the literature.

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Main Articles
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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