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. Non r...

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Main Author: Santini, Alejandro (author)
Other Authors: Torres, Miguel (author), Apardian, Robert (author)
Format: article
Language:Spanish
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4367
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Summary: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.