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The efficacy of radiation therapy for a malignant melanoma in the mucosa of the upper jaw: an analytic study.
An analysis has been made of the effect of radiation therapy in 28 patients with a malignant melanoma (Stage I: 18 cases; Stage II: 10 cases) in the mucosa of the upper jaw. Treatment had been provided by one of the following methods: intraoral mold (10 cases), interstitial brachytherapy (two cases), intraoral electron therapy (nine cases), or external irradiation (seven cases). The results have shown that the survival rate for all 28 patients was 25%, and that the survival rate for stage I patients treated by intraoral electron or brachytherapy was 47%. The primary tumor control rate in percentages was 79% (22/28) in all 28 radiotherapy patients; 92% (11/12) for tumors treated by a mold or an interstitial implant; 67% (6/9) for tumors treated by an intraoral cone; and 71% (5/7) for tumors treated by external irradiation with or without surgery. A neck metastasis that was found in 19 patients was treated by surgery, radiotherapy, and/or immunochemotherapy, and the result was successful in nine patients. The major factor in the failure of treatment was a distant, metastatic dissemination. This analysis revealed that radiotherapy has achieved similar or better results than surgery and may be advocated for the management of a localized malignant melanoma in the mucosa of the upper jaw.
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