Long-term follow-up in patients treated with electrochemotherapy for non-melanoma skin cancer in the head and neck area.
Acta Otolaryngol
; 139(2): 195-200, 2019 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30734631
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a cancer treatment modality where the intracellular accumulation of chemotherapeutic agents is enhanced by an applied electrical field. AIMS/OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the long-term efficacy, safety and functional outcome after ECT treatment in high-risk non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) with curative intent. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Seven patients with SCC or BCC in the head and neck area were treated with ECT with intratumoral bleomycin administration.RESULTS:
Five patients were cured by ECT as a mono-modality treatment after a median 10-year follow-up period. Two patients had recurrences and/or persisting tumors after treatment that required salvage surgery and radiotherapy. In two patients, the eye was spared with no visual impairment. In another patient, full facial nerve function was spared.CONCLUSIONS:
ECT can be a curative as well as an organ and function-sparing mono modality treatment in high-risk NMSC.SIGNIFICANCE:
Today ECT is mostly used as a palliative treatment. Its curative potential should be further investigated. Randomized studies comparing ECT with standard treatment is needed. Hopefully, this small study can encourage such studies.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Bleomicina
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Eletroquimioterapia
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Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Otolaryngol
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Suécia