Comparison of Quality of Life in Oral Cancer Patients following Surgery vs Radiotherapy
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2017
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Educational Society for Excellence
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Background: Oral cancer being one of the most common malignancies in the low-income group in India. It usually presents in an advanced stage limiting treatment options. The mainstays of treatment being surgery and radiotherapy both being lifestyle changing procedures. Aims and objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality of life for oral cancer survivors after surgery in comparison with radiotherapy using ICF questionnaire Materials and methods: Oral cancer patients who underwent surgery (25 patients) and Radiotherapy (25 patients) in Stanley medical college for stage 1 and stage 2 lesions of oral carcinoma for past 3 Years (2013-2015) were enrolled. Results: The study showed that surgery as primary therapy provided a better quality of life than radiotherapy alone in the treatment of oral cancer patients. Conclusion: After comparing the results primary surgery for oral malignancy seems to be the treatment of choice as long as the tumor is amenable to surgical resection. Radiotherapy though resulting in a lower quality of life is very efficacious for unresectable tumors.
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Oral cavity cancer, CA oral cavity, Quality of life, Surgery, Radiotherapy
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Manoharan G. V, Sivakumar T.. Comparison of Quality of Life in Oral Cancer Patients following Surgery vs Radiotherapy. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2017 Dec; 4(12): 208-213