Russ J E, Applebaum E L, Sisson G A
Laryngoscope. 1977 Jul;87(7):1151-6. doi: 10.1288/00005537-197707000-00017.
Thirty-eight patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate treated between 1960 and 1975 were reviewed. Males in the seventh decade predominated. All symptomatic patients complained of sore throat and/or odynophagia. Seventy-eight percent were symptomatic less than three months. Approximately equal numbers of patients presented with T1, T2, and T3 tumors. Twenty-seven percent had cervical metastases when initially seen. The majority (89%) of patients were treated with radiation initially and the remainder (11%) received radiation therapy at the time of postsurgical recurrence with an absolute five year survival of 33%. Patients less than 60 years of age and those with small primary tumors and no neck metastases demonstrated better survival. Radiation therapy to the primary tumor and neck appears to be the preferred modality of initial treatment.
对1960年至1975年间接受治疗的38例软腭鳞状细胞癌患者进行了回顾性研究。以七十多岁的男性为主。所有有症状的患者均主诉咽痛和/或吞咽痛。78%的患者症状出现时间少于三个月。出现T1、T2和T3肿瘤的患者数量大致相等。初诊时27%的患者有颈部转移。大多数患者（89%）最初接受放射治疗，其余患者（11%）在术后复发时接受放射治疗，绝对五年生存率为33%。年龄小于60岁、原发性肿瘤较小且无颈部转移的患者生存率更高。对原发性肿瘤和颈部进行放射治疗似乎是初始治疗的首选方式。
