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Laryngeal carcinoma: five-year survival and patterns of failure in 202 consecutive patients treated with primary or post-operative radiotherapy in Hong Kong

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2006

Alexander C Vlantis ,
Brian K H Yu ,
Raymond K Y Tsang ,
Michael K M Kam ,
Phoebe S Y Lo  and
C Andrew van Hasselt
Alexander C Vlantis
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
Brian K H Yu
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
Raymond K Y Tsang
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
Michael K M Kam
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
Phoebe S Y Lo
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
C Andrew van Hasselt
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to conduct a retrospective analysis of patients treated with radiotherapy for laryngeal carcinoma at a single institution.

Methods: We analysed data from 202 consecutive patients treated with primary or post-operative radiotherapy for laryngeal carcinoma over a 10-year period.

Results: Sixty-nine patients had a T1, 65 a T2, 39 a T3 and 29 a T4 lesion. Forty-one patients were node-positive. The clinical stage was I in 67 patients, II in 53, III in 36 and IV in 46. Primary radiotherapy was given to 152 patients. The median follow up was 60 months. The five-year overall local control rate was 86 per cent, the ultimate local control rate was 93 per cent, the five-year regional control rate was 96 per cent, the five-year relapse-free survival rate was 82 per cent and the five-year overall survival rate was 69 per cent.

Conclusions: Patients with laryngeal carcinoma treated with primary or post-operative radiotherapy had a five-year overall survival rate of 69 per cent.

Keywords

LarynxCarcinomaRadiotherapySurvival
Type
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Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 120 , Issue 5 , May 2006 , pp. 397 - 404
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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