Oncological results of salvage treatment in patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma.

CONCLUSION: Only 28% of the patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma with local recurrence of the tumour were eligible for salvage surgery with radical intention. The patients treated with salvage surgery had a 5 -year disease-specific survival of 39.5%. PMID: 32473712 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32473712?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola - May 26, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: León X, García J, López M, Bulboa C, Pujals G, Quer M Tags: Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp Source Type: research