CPB Ljubljana 2018 course book

Postoperative LDR BT in mobile tongue

2015

• Nantes (France) 1992-2013. Median FU 6.7 y. • 112 patients 55 years (15-84) • Glossectomy and neck dissection + 192 Ir BT

• T1T2 N0 (85%), pN+ (13%), margins + (14%), margins<5 mm (29%), dysplasic margins (14%), LVI + (5%), perineural spread (5%).

• Local control 2-year: 79%, CSS 81%, OS 72% 5-year: 76%, 67% 56% • necrosis ≥ G2: 22% warranting surgery • chronic pain: 8%

Goineau A. Postoperative interstitial brachytherapy for resectable squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Brachytherapy 2015 ; 14:71-76