Surgery for Esophageal Cancer after Concomitant Radiochemotherapy: Oncologic and Functional Results
β Scribed by Nicolas Plaisant; Pierre Senesse; David Azria; Claire Lemanski; Marc Ychou; Francois Quenet; Bernard Saint-Aubert; Philippe Rouanet
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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Fifty-seven stage I11 lung cancer patients underwent radiochemotherapy and subsequent surgery. Forty radical (R-), six non-radical, and eleven exploratory operations were performed. Pneumonia (five cases), pulmonary insufficiency (one case), bronchial fistula (one case) were the major non-fatal comp
## Abstract ## Background The optimal treatment for base of tongue cancer remains unclear, especially in advanced stages. ## Methods We retrospectively review 84 previously untreated patients that underwent a transhyoid resection of a base of tongue carcinoma. Sixtyβfour patients (76%) underwent