Pyriform sinus cancer remains one of the most lethal of human diseases. Regardless of
approach attempted significant enhancement of survival has not been realized. In this study …

Objective To analyze the survival rate of a nonselected pyriform sinus cancer population.
Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting University hospital. Subjects and …

Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus treated surgically from 1959
through 1979 at the University of California, San Francisco were reviewed. As several …

Despite progress in diagnostic methods, radiotherapeutic and surgical techniques, and the
development of new chemotherapeutic agents, the prognosis of pyriform sinus carcinomas …

One hundred and one patients with pyriform sinus carcinoma treated at the Netherlands
Cancer Institute were studied retrospectively. The patients were staged according to the …

Background Squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus is an unfavorable disease which
frequently presents in advanced stages. Despite aggressive “standard treatment” involving …

The purpose of this review of the literature was to present treatment options for early stage
pyriform sinus cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus, as the most frequent …

An alternative to the classical treatment for locally advanced (T3-T4 stage) pyriform sinus
carcinoma with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy is to begin treatment with induction …

A total of 51 patients with pyriform sinus carcinoma were treated surgically. Fifty had
pharyngolaryngectomy and radical neck dissection and 1 had a pharyngolaryngectomy. The …

Objectives To test the effectiveness of concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with
pyriform sinus carcinoma and to demonstrate the feasibility of an organ preservation …