The biological behavior of adenocystic carcinomas of the mouth cavity
Andrä, A.
Stomatologie der DDR 27(7): 400-403
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0302-4725 PMID: 197664 Document Number: 113691
During the years 1965-1976, 19 patients with adenocystocarcinoma have been treated by the author on an inpatient basis. There were 15 cases with primary tumours and 4 cases of recurrences (2 of them with distant metastases). Up to now, 8 patients have died of the tumour. The mean length of survival of these patients was 51 months; that of the patients still alive, 84 months. These results lead to the conclusion that adenocystocarcinomata develop very slowly, affect mainly the accessory salivary glands and show lymphogenous and haematogenous metastasization even without previous recurrence. Radical surgical therapy of the primary tumour is advocated also in patients presenting with distant metastases.