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Table 4 Salvage treatment for recurrent OCC following initial surgery

From: Follow up after IMRT in oral cavity cancer: update

Author [ref]

Center

Year

Interval

N recurrences after surgery alone

IMRT

OAS rate after salvage therapy

Surgery (+/−RT)

RT (+/−CT)

Schwartz et al [8]

U of Illinois, Chicago

2000

1956-1992

38 (28%)

no

~25% at 5y (n = 27)

0% at 1y (n = 11)

Koo et al [9]

Yonsei U, Seoul

2005

1991-2003

36/127 (28%)

no

~25% at 5y (n = 13)

0% at 2y (n = 10)

Liu et al [10]

U of Taiwan

2007

1995-2003

224 (na)

no

34% at 5y (n = 326)

21% at 2y (n = 75)

Kokemueller et al [11]

U of Hannover

2011

1980-2009

115/341 (37%)

no

~25% at 5y (n = na)

10% at 4y (n = na)

own group

U hospital of Zurich

2012

2002-2011

38 (na)

yes

55% at 5y (n = 28)

30% at 5y (n = 10)

      

75% at 5y (n = 18)

25% at 5y (n = 20)

  1. : outcome of recurrent OCC following surgery alone (n = 224) and surgery + RT/CT (n = 177).
  2. : results when analyzed according to ‘salvage IMRT for R0-1 situations’ versus ‘salvage IMRT for macroscopic disease’. U: University. na: not available.