Fifty eight cases of maxillary carcinoma were treated at Hiroshima University Hospital between 1978 and 1987. There were 40 males and 18 females. The majority of the patients were over 50 years old.
The three-year and five-year survival rates of all the patients were 55.4 and 47.7%, respectively, and that of those treated with combined therapy consisting of local chemotherapy (5 FU continuous, ADM bolus), radiation and necrotomy following radical surgery were 71.9 and 61.3% respectively.
Local recurrence and distan t metastasis were the main cause of death. The rate of distant metastasis was higher in the group treated by radical surgery than that treated without surgery.
