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Neck Recurrence In Early Carcinoma Tongue, Mubasher Ikram, Sadaf Fatima Jafferbhoy, Maisam Abbas Shiraz Onali
Neck Recurrence In Early Carcinoma Tongue, Mubasher Ikram, Sadaf Fatima Jafferbhoy, Maisam Abbas Shiraz Onali
Section of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Objective: To study the efficacy of different locoregional treatment options for tongue cancer in determining the prognosis, with reference to recurrence of disease in neck.
Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 80 patients with early (T1/T2) carcinoma tongue who had hemiglossectomy with or without neck surgery and radiotherapy for 14 years.
Results: Eighty patients were included in this study, 49 (61.3%) men and 31 (38.8%) women; 36 (45%) patients with T1 lesion and 44 (55%) with T2 lesion. Sixty two patients (77.5%) were staged cN0 and 18 patients had a clinically palpable neck nodes (cN+). Thirty seven patients were …