SALVAGE IRRADIATION OF ORAL AND OROPHARYNGEAL CANCERS USING INTERSTITIAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH AU-198 GRAINS

  • Authors:
    • F GUEDEA
    • L CASCALLAR
    • J CRAVENBARTLE
    • T EUDALDO
    • M VEGA
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  • Published online on: May 1, 1993     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.5.803
  • Pages: 803-805
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Abstract

Fourteen patients with recurrent or persistent carcinoma of the oral cavity or oropharynx were treated with Au-198 grain implants at the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital from June 1987 through April 1991. Five patients presented recurrent carcinoma, four patients persistent carcinoma, and five patients a second primary. Local control was achieved with Au-198 implants in six patients (42.8%) at 8, 16, 23, 29, 39 and 53 months following treatment. Seven patients died of local recurrence or persistent disease at 5, 7, 7, 10, 10, 12 and 15 months after interstitial implant. Three patients (21.4%) died of significant complications of salvage irradiation (Hemorrhage in two patients and edema in one patient) at 0.5, 8 and 16 months following treatment. Three patients of fourteen (21.4%) are alive and well at 53, 39 and 23 months after salvage Au-198 grain implant. Considerations regarding the usefulness of Au-198 grain implants in the treatment of recurrent or persistent oral and oropharyngeal cancer are discussed.

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GUEDEA F, CASCALLAR L, CRAVENBARTLE J, EUDALDO T and VEGA M: SALVAGE IRRADIATION OF ORAL AND OROPHARYNGEAL CANCERS USING INTERSTITIAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH AU-198 GRAINS. Int J Oncol 2: 803-805, 1993
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GUEDEA, F., CASCALLAR, L., CRAVENBARTLE, J., EUDALDO, T., & VEGA, M. (1993). SALVAGE IRRADIATION OF ORAL AND OROPHARYNGEAL CANCERS USING INTERSTITIAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH AU-198 GRAINS. International Journal of Oncology, 2, 803-805. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.5.803
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GUEDEA, F., CASCALLAR, L., CRAVENBARTLE, J., EUDALDO, T., VEGA, M."SALVAGE IRRADIATION OF ORAL AND OROPHARYNGEAL CANCERS USING INTERSTITIAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH AU-198 GRAINS". International Journal of Oncology 2.5 (1993): 803-805.
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GUEDEA, F., CASCALLAR, L., CRAVENBARTLE, J., EUDALDO, T., VEGA, M."SALVAGE IRRADIATION OF ORAL AND OROPHARYNGEAL CANCERS USING INTERSTITIAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH AU-198 GRAINS". International Journal of Oncology 2, no. 5 (1993): 803-805. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.5.803