The role of radiation therapy in management parotid cancer therapy

he authors briefly analyse the clinical featuresof carcinomas of the parotid, clinical history, presentation and paraclinical tests necessary forstaging. Different treatments are analysed indepth with emphasis on radiation therapy.lndications for radiation therapy:1. Non surgical tumors2. N...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Santini, Alejandro, Torres, Miguel, Apardian, Robert
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:Uruguay
Institución:Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Repositorio:Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/4367
Acceso en línea:https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4367
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:parótida
tumores
radioterapia
parotid
tumors
radiotherapy
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Sumario:he authors briefly analyse the clinical featuresof carcinomas of the parotid, clinical history, presentation and paraclinical tests necessary forstaging. Different treatments are analysed indepth with emphasis on radiation therapy.lndications for radiation therapy:1. Non surgical tumors2. Non resectable tumors3. Operated tumors with risk factors (high degreetumors, advanced tumors)4. RecidivesT he more frequent techniques for radiationtherapy are detailed. Last, the authors develop apersonal series of patients with cancer of theparotid who were referred to the oncologicalcenters where they work as radiation therapyoncologists.