Low-Grade Salivary Gland Cancers: Treatment Outcomes, Extent of Surgery and Indications for Postoperative Adjuvant Radiation Therapy

• Published in: Annals of surgical oncology Vol. 23; no. 13; pp. 4368 - 4375
• Main Authors: Cho, Jae-Keun, Lim, Byung-Woo, Kim, Eun-Hye, Ko, Young-Hyeh, Oh, Dongryul, Noh, Jae-Myoung, Ahn, Yong Chan, Baek, Kwan-Hyuck, Jeong, Han-Sin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Head and Neck Oncology; Humans; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Margins of Excision; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Grading; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplasm, Residual; Oncology; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Salivary Gland Neoplasms - pathology; Salivary Gland Neoplasms - surgery; Salivary Gland Neoplasms - therapy; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma; Postoperative Radiation Therapy; Pleomorphic Adenoma; Lymphovascular Invasion; Neck Dissection

Background Histologic grade of tumor is one of the major prognostic predictors for patients with salivary gland cancer. Because of disease rarity, little is known about the optimal treatment modalities and outcomes in low-grade salivary gland cancers (LGSGC). We tried to identify prognostic factors,...