<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Data from 35 patients were analysed to identify the main factors that may have predisposed the unfavourable clinical course in early diagnosed lower lip cancer. Of 35 patients who were sent to the Oncology Centre of Latvia, Rīga East University Hospital, with the diagnosis of early lower lip cancer, histologically diagnosis was confirmed for 22 patients. Sizes of the primary tumours were less than 2 cm (T1 size tumour). Vermilionectomy was carried out for 17 patients, wedge- or V-shaped resection was performed for 13 patients, and in five cases patients refused to receive surgical treatment and received radiation therapy instead. Review of the reports of the histological criteria for patients with aggressive course of the illness with relapses, regional metastases and also in cases of death, showed that vermilionectomy can be considered an effective diagnostic and therapeutic operation.</p></abstract>

Data from 35 patients were analysed to identify the main factors that may have predisposed the unfavourable clinical course in early diagnosed lower lip cancer. Of 35 patients who were sent to the Oncology Centre of Latvia, Rīga East University Hospital, with the diagnosis of early lower lip cancer, histologically diagnosis was confirmed for 22 patients. Sizes of the primary tumours were less than 2 cm (T1 size tumour). Vermilionectomy was carried out for 17 patients, wedge- or V-shaped resection was performed for 13 patients, and in five cases patients refused to receive surgical treatment and received radiation therapy instead. Review of the reports of the histological criteria for patients with aggressive course of the illness with relapses, regional metastases and also in cases of death, showed that vermilionectomy can be considered an effective diagnostic and therapeutic operation.

Diagnostics and Treatment Strategies of Early (T1) Lower Lip Cancer

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Data from 35 patients were analysed to identify the main factors that may have predisposed the unfavourable clinical course in early diagnosed lower lip...

Diagnostics and Treatment Strategies of Early (T1) Lower Lip Cancer

Published Online: Feb 27, 2020

Page range: 48 - 52

Received: Dec 18, 2017

Accepted: Oct 17, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2020-0007

Keywords
cancer, vermilionectomy, vedge resection, recurrence

© 2020 Egils Kornevs, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Diagnostics and Treatment Strategies of Early (T1) Lower Lip Cancer

Published Online: Feb 27, 2020

Page range: 48 - 52

Received: Dec 18, 2017

Accepted: Oct 17, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2020-0007

Keywordscancer, vermilionectomy, vedge resection, recurrence

© 2020 Egils Kornevs, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
cancer, vermilionectomy, vedge resection, recurrence