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Prophylactic neck irradiation

Journal Article · · Arch. Otolaryngol.; (United States)
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Treatment of subclinical cervical metastases from advanced squamous carcinomas of the nasopharynx, oropharynx, oral cavity, hypopharynx, and larynx remains contentious. Watchful waiting, elective neck surgery, and more recently, neck irradiation all have their advocates. The possibility of sterilization of the neck showing no clinical signs of metastasis has been especially appealing in concept. With this in mind, and by use of an external high-dose megavoltage technique, radiation therapy was used in 152 patients with clinically negative necks at the Upstate Medical Center from 1968 to 1977. Lymph node failures were extremely low (4%) when wide-field radiation ports were used and the primary lesion controlled.
Research Organization:
State Univ. of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
OSTI ID:
5098497
Journal Information:
Arch. Otolaryngol.; (United States), Journal Name: Arch. Otolaryngol.; (United States) Vol. 106:8; ISSN AROTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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550603 -- Medicine-- External Radiation in Therapy-- (1980-)
560151* -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Man
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGE GROUPS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
BODY AREAS
CARCINOMAS
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
DOSES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IRRADIATION
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LARYNX
LOCAL IRRADIATION
LOCAL RADIATION EFFECTS
LYMPH NODES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
MEDICINE
METASTASES
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NECK
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORAL CAVITY
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
PHARYNX
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIOINDUCTION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOSENSITIVITY
RADIOTHERAPY
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SIDE EFFECTS
SURGERY
THERAPY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES