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The role of the carbon dioxide laser in treatment of carcinoma of the tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. Rhys Williams  and
J. A. S. Carruth
S. Rhys Williams
Affiliation:
Southampton
J. A. S. Carruth*
Affiliation:
Southampton
*
J. A. S. Carruth, Consultant Otolaryngologist, ENT Department, Royal South Hants Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton, SO9 4PE.
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Abstract

This paper present 35 patient with carcinoma of the tongue who have been treated in Southampton using the Carbon laser. The treatment programme for each individual patient was determined by radiotherapists and surgeons in a combined head and neck/oncology clinic. T1 carcinomas were treated by primary laser excision biopsy whereas larger tumours were treated first by conventional radiotherapy unless there was a significant contraindication to this treatment modality.

Of 10 patients with T1 lesions nine are alive and well and disease free, but one patient died of other causes with no sign of recurrence. The minimum follow-up period has been two years. Of 25 patients with T2 and T3 lesions treated either before or after radiotherapy, nine are alive and disease-free, eleven died of disease and five patients died of other causes with no evidence of recurrence.

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Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 12 , December 1988 , pp. 1122 - 1123
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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