Irradiation for locoregionally recurrent, never-irradiated oral cavity cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to report the clinical outcomes and related prognostic factors of patients who underwent radiotherapy (RT) for the treatment of recurrent, never-irradiated oral cavity cancer (recurrent OCC).

Methods

The records of consecutive patients with nonmetastatic recurrent OCC who presented to and were treated with RT at our institution between 1989 and 2011 were reviewed. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate overall survival (OS). The cumulative incidences of disease-specific death, local failure, regional failure, and distant metastasis were calculated with death as a competing risk.

Results

One hundred twenty-three patients were identified. Median follow-up for living patients was 54 months and 16 months for all patients. Ni

SUBMITTER: Lok BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4973396 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature