Introduction: Cheek cancers (Bucco alveolar cancers) are very common in India due to the rampant habit of pan and Tobacco chewing and cigarette and bidi smoking. Most of the patients present in advanced stages of their cancer and require surgery and radiation for achieving acceptable local control. However, many patients have adverse outcome and develop recurrence despite full treatment. This study highlights the factors which can lead to poor outcomes so that these factors are kept in mind by treating oncologists.
This study was published in Head & Neck, the year 2017, Volume 39, pages 1446–1453, “ Significance of perineural invasion in locally advanced Bucco alveolar complex carcinomas treated with surgery and postoperative radiation +/- concurrent chemotherapy”. Present study: The present study is a retrospective analysis conducted on patients with bucco-alveolar complex cancers. The…
