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Carcinoma of the soft palate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. A. Tandon ,
S. Bahadur  and
G. K. Rath
D. A. Tandon*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
S. Bahadur
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
G. K. Rath
Affiliation:
Department of Radiotherapy, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
*
D. A. Tandon, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029, India.
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Abstract

During a 10 year period 30 patients with carinoma of the soft palate were treated. There were 22 cases in stages I and II. A curative dose of irradiation was used in 25 cases, fourof whom required surgical salvage. Another five cases were treated by a combined modality of surgery and postoperative radiation. Seven cases had nodal metastases. A mean two-year disease-free survival of 83 per cent was obtained. The probability of five-year disease free survival was 65 per cent.

Keywords

Palate, softCarcinoma
Type
Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 2 , February 1992 , pp. 130 - 132
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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