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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Medical Therapy
If the cancer is high-grade, treatment may include the following for all the 4 stages of tumor:
- Radiation therapy may be given after surgery.
- Fast neutron radiation therapy.
- Radiation therapy as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
- A clinical trial of radiation therapy and/or radiosensitizers.
- A clinical trial of chemotherapy.
For stages I, II and III surgery is the main stay of treatment.
Radiation Therapy
Fast neutron therapy has been used successfully to treat salivary gland tumors,[1] and has shown to be significantly more effective than photons in studies treating unresectable salivary gland tumors.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Douglas JD, Koh WJ , Austin-Seymour, M, Laramore GE. Treatment of Salivary Gland Neoplasms with fast neutron Radiotherapy. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Vol 129 944-948 Sep 2003
- ↑ Laramore GE, Krall JM, Griffin TW, Duncan W, Richter MP, Saroja KR, Maor MH, Davis LW. Neutron versus photon irradiation for unresectable salivary gland tumors: final report of an RTOG-MRC randomized clinical trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1993 Sep 30;27(2):235-40.
- ↑ Krüll A, Schwarz R, Engenhart R, et al.: European results in neutron therapy of malignant salivary gland tumors. Bull Cancer Radiother 83 (Suppl): 125-9s, 1996