Radiotherapy for Malignant Salivary Gland Tumor

Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology 1993;9(1):98-101.
Published online June 30, 1993.

Seong Yul Yoo

타액선 종양의 방사선치료

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Abstract

Surgery has been known to be traditional treatment modality for the malignant salivary gland tumor. the tumors being considered as radioresistant. However. reviews of the literature have shown a high recurrence rate. especially in advanced and/or high grade tumors. The retrospective data suggests that conservative surgery with adjunctive radiation therapy is justified in view of the enhanced locoregional control. In inoperable and recurrent tumor. definitive radiotherapy can achieve 30-40 3 of average 5 year survival rate, but in early stage, local control and survival rate could be raised more than 80 3. This results shown to be aggressive radiotherapy can replace surgical management for the selected cases of small sized tumor. Neutron therapv is another option for curative treatment of malignant salivary gland tumors.

Key Words: Radiotherapy, Salivary gland tumor, Neutron therapy