Turkish Journal of Oncology Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology
Article Open Access Volume 4 · Issue 1 · 1989 pp. 802–810

AHMET NAFİZ KARADENİZ, OSMAN ALDEMİR, MAKTAV DİNÇER, NİJAD BİLGE
1 İst. Üniv. Onkolojisi Enstitüsü
Published: 1989 Pubmed: 20020 Article ID: 138
Abstract
In this study, thirtyone patients with epithelial carcinoma and eleven patients with in-Situ carcinoma of epibulber conjunktiva were retrospectively analysed and the treatment results of 31 patients who compleated follow-up were presented. All of the patients received radiotherapy at Istanbul.University, Oncology Centre between the years of 1975-1985.The patients who had completed follow-up received the following treatments. Ten patients by combined treatment (surgical operation and postoperative radiotherapy) modality. Local control rate of tumors is 87%. Only four patients (13%) had local recurrences. These were seen 2nd, 12th, 64th, and71 st. monts after the treatment. Patients with local recunrrences were retreated by surgical operation or reirradiation. Only one patient (3%) died from recurrent tumor.

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