Australia has one of the highest rates of @entity957 in the world. Despite a high cure rate, many studies report relapse rates of between 5% and 20% with an associated mortality of 5-10%. The aim of this study was to review the patterns of relapse and outcome for @entity1 treated at Westmead Hospital, Sydney. Ninety-three eligible @entity1 were identified in a retrospective review of all @entity9867 @entity1 referred to Westmead Hospital between 1980 and 1997. Relevant data were extracted from the treatment files and included contact with referring doctors and utilizing the Cancer Council Registry. Equal numbers of @entity1 were treated with radiotherapy alone or surgery (+/- adjuvant radiotherapy). The majority of @entity1 were male (78.5%) with T1N0 @entity5 (64.5%) of the lower lip. A minority (5.4%) had @entity66 at diagnosis. Following treatment, 31 (33.3%) @entity1 relapsed, 11 at the primary site, 18 at the regional nodes and two at both sites simultaneously. @entity1 treated with a combined approach (RTx/Sx) experienced a better outcome. Overall @entity5 -specific survival at 5 years was 85%. These findings highlight a disturbing relapse rate and mortality for a subgroup of @entity1 diagnosed with a more @entity9867 . Treatment and follow up of these @entity1 should accordingly be more aggressive.

XXXX . Patterns of relapse and outcome: Reporting the Westmead Hospital experience, 1980-1997.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['nodal disease'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancers', 'cancer'] @entity957 :: ('MESH:D002294', 'Disease') :: ['squamous cell carcinoma of the lip'] @entity9867 :: ('MESH:D008048', 'Disease') :: ['lip cancer', 'aggressive form of lip cancer']
@entity957 :: (MESH:D002294,Disease) :: ['Squamous cell carcinoma of the lip']
