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Abstract
The history of sixty-nine cases of carcinoma of the maxillary antrum seen at the Ellis
Fischel State Cancer Hospital between 1940 and 1964 is reported. Factors influencing
prognosis are reported to assist in further refinement in staging of this type of
cancer. Past experience and current practices suggest that the proper therapy for
these lesions includes: (1) sinusotomy for open drainage and treatment of infection,
(2) radiotherapy to 5,000 r tumor dose in five weeks preoperatively for resectable
tumors, (3) larger and more protracted irradiation as the sole treatment for unresectable
lesions, (4) radical antrectomy generally necessitating an orbital exenteration when
a wall of the orbit is involved or extirpation of the contents of the subtemporal
fossa for posterior extension, and (5) radical neck dissection for cervical lymph
node metastases.
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☆This investigation was supported by Public Health Service Research Grant No. CA-08023-01.
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