Abstract
Presented in this paper are the results of treatment of 42 secondarily treated patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. Five year-survival rate was 44% in 9 patients previously operated on and 53% in 28 patients previously treated by radiation. Of these 28 patients, the 5-year survival rate was 44% in 18 patients with nodal recurrences. Their survival rate was lower than T1T2pN+patients who had surgery as the primary treatment. Patients previously treated by radiation had a higher frequency of nodal metastases to mid-lower jugular site and a higher percentage of distant metastases than T1T2pN+ patients primarily operated on. This seems to be the reason for the low survival rate in patients previously treated by radiation.
