Symposium—Cancer and precancerosis on Scalp and Face—
Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma on the Head and Neck
1973 Volume 35 Issue 3 Pages 225-238
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1973 Volume 35 Issue 3 Pages 225-238
The present investigation regarding the effectiveness of treatment of squamous cell carcinoma on the head and neck was made on the basis of questionnaire survey at the five university hospitals, i. e., Tokushima, Yamaguchi, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, and Kyushu. The main results obtained were as follows:
1) Major treatments were radical local excision, soft X-ray irradiation with Dermopan, and chemotherapy with bleomycin.
2) Among patients treated for the first time in these hospitals, operation (Op.) alone, Chemotherapy (Chem.) + irradiation (Irr.), and Op. + Irr. were most widely used.
3) Op. alone and Op. + Irr. were most frequently used in the treatment of T1 of TNM classification, for T2, Op. alone and Chem. + Irr..
4) When treated forthe first time, Chem. was most frequently used for the lips, Op. for the head, and Irr. for the Nose.
5) The patients treated for the first time had better prognosis than pre-treated patients.
6) The patients treated with Op. + Irr. or Op. alone had better prognosis than those treated with other means.
7) Op. appeared to give the best prognosis in the various methods of treatments in the first treated patients.
8) TNM classification and Broders’ malignancy degree had a close association in regard to the prognosis of the patients.
