[Significance of autopsy in patients with head and neck cancer]. / Stellenwert der Autopsie bei Patienten mit Kopf-Halstumoren.
Laryngorhinootologie
; 91(6): 375-80, 2012 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Nowadays, the morphological assessment of samples obtained from living patients has a greater importance than the scientific knowledge which is gained by autopsy. Therefore, the aim of the study was a retrospective analysis of causes of death in patients with head and neck cancer. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
The autopsy rate, clinical parameters of oncologic patients as well as autopsy findings like lethal complications, distant metastases and second primary tumors were retrospectively analyzed.RESULTS:
From 1968 to 2007 in 91 patients with malignant tumors of the head and neck an autopsy was performed. In these 39 years an autopsy was performed in 45.9% of dead oncologic patients. Autopsy findings revealed distant metastases in 46.2% and second primary tumors in 17.6% of the patients. 49.5% of the patients died from pneumonia, 20.9% from tumor bleeding and 10% from progressive cachexia.CONCLUSION:
The study confirms the global trend of a decline in autopsy numbers in the last 3 decades. However, as an important instrument of quality assurance autopsies continue to play an essential and indispensable role in medical research.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autopsia
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Neoplasias Otorrinolaringológicas
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
De
Revista:
Laryngorhinootologie
Assunto da revista:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article