Abstract
Lip carcinomas are frequent and, among them, the squamous-cell forms are characterized by the possible onset of loco-regional metastases. Therefore, to state the effectiveness and safety of the available treatments is always of great interest. To this aim, a retrospective study was performed on 51 patients affected by 38 squamous-cell carcinomas and 13 basal-cell carcinomas of the lips (T11-3 N0) who underwent orthovoltage radiotherapy, in the period 1977-1998. Forty-nine complete remissions were obtained in 96.07 % of irradiated lesions. The five-year cure rate was of 91.94%. The cosmetic results were good or acceptable in 95.91% of cases. The functional outcome was very good in the whole series. So far, no complications or sequelae have been observed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 203-209 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Skin Cancer |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
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Keywords
- Basal-cell carcinoma
- Lips
- Radiotherapy
- Squamous-cell carcinoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology
- Oncology
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Radiotherapy of basal-cell and squamous-cell carcinomas of the lips. / Caccialanza, M.; Piccinno, R.; Beretta, M.
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AU - Caccialanza, M.
AU - Piccinno, R.
AU - Beretta, M.
PY - 1998
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N2 - Lip carcinomas are frequent and, among them, the squamous-cell forms are characterized by the possible onset of loco-regional metastases. Therefore, to state the effectiveness and safety of the available treatments is always of great interest. To this aim, a retrospective study was performed on 51 patients affected by 38 squamous-cell carcinomas and 13 basal-cell carcinomas of the lips (T11-3 N0) who underwent orthovoltage radiotherapy, in the period 1977-1998. Forty-nine complete remissions were obtained in 96.07 % of irradiated lesions. The five-year cure rate was of 91.94%. The cosmetic results were good or acceptable in 95.91% of cases. The functional outcome was very good in the whole series. So far, no complications or sequelae have been observed.
AB - Lip carcinomas are frequent and, among them, the squamous-cell forms are characterized by the possible onset of loco-regional metastases. Therefore, to state the effectiveness and safety of the available treatments is always of great interest. To this aim, a retrospective study was performed on 51 patients affected by 38 squamous-cell carcinomas and 13 basal-cell carcinomas of the lips (T11-3 N0) who underwent orthovoltage radiotherapy, in the period 1977-1998. Forty-nine complete remissions were obtained in 96.07 % of irradiated lesions. The five-year cure rate was of 91.94%. The cosmetic results were good or acceptable in 95.91% of cases. The functional outcome was very good in the whole series. So far, no complications or sequelae have been observed.
KW - Basal-cell carcinoma
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