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[Retrospective study of cancer in the tonsillar area]
M J González Gimeno1, M Pérez Carretero, J Poch Broto
1Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
Between 1975 and 1991, 64 patients with locoregional tonsilar carcinoma were treated by surgery and postoperative radiotherapy. Follow-up was continued for a minimum of 5 years. Patients were classified according to the UICC 1987/AJCC 1988 criteria. The histological stage was stage I in 5 patients, stage II in 7 patients, stage III in 17 patients, and stage IV in 27 patients. The 5 year overall survival was 33%. The prognosis was significantly worse in stage III or IV than in stage I or II (26% vs 67% respectively, p < 0.02).