S142 the Role of Postoperative Radiation Therapy in Early Stage Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Minor Adverse Features
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Methods: Retrospective analysis of 48 patients diagnosed with SCC of the tongue, between 2005-2012. All patients had a T1-2, N0 disease, and were treated with complete resection of the tumor and elective neck dissection. The following were defined as minor adverse features (MAF): perineural invasion, perivascular invasion, close margins <5mm, depth of invasion (DOI) >5mm, and poor differentiation. Disease outcome in terms of disease-free survival (DFS), disease-specific survival (DSS) and overall survival (OS) and the effect of PORT were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test.
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