TY - JOUR
T1 - Liposarcomas of the head and neck. A review of the literature and addition of four cases
AU - Saunders, John R.
AU - Jaques, Darrell A.
AU - Casterline, Peter F.
AU - Percarpio, Bernard
AU - Goodloe, Samuel
PY - 1979/1
Y1 - 1979/1
N2 - Liposarcomas of the head and neck are rare. There have been 25 previously reported patients in the literature. Four patients with head and neck liposarcomas, recently treated by the Head and Neck Surgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, are presented. Less than half of reported patients were noted to be living without evidence of disease. Prognosis generally corresponds to the cell type of thetumor. Intraoral, cheek and orbital tumors seem to have a worse prognosis compared to neck tumors. Wide local excision remains the treatment of choice. Advances in surgical techniques have allowed adequate therapy for most head and neck liposarcomas. Advanced lesions should be managed by conservative surgery and radical radiation therapy.
AB - Liposarcomas of the head and neck are rare. There have been 25 previously reported patients in the literature. Four patients with head and neck liposarcomas, recently treated by the Head and Neck Surgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, are presented. Less than half of reported patients were noted to be living without evidence of disease. Prognosis generally corresponds to the cell type of thetumor. Intraoral, cheek and orbital tumors seem to have a worse prognosis compared to neck tumors. Wide local excision remains the treatment of choice. Advances in surgical techniques have allowed adequate therapy for most head and neck liposarcomas. Advanced lesions should be managed by conservative surgery and radical radiation therapy.
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U2 - 10.1002/1097-0142(197901)43:1<162::AID-CNCR2820430124>3.0.CO;2-2
DO - 10.1002/1097-0142(197901)43:1<162::AID-CNCR2820430124>3.0.CO;2-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 367565
AN - SCOPUS:0018347636
SN - 0008-543X
VL - 43
SP - 162
EP - 168
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
IS - 1
ER -