Radiol Oncol 2006; 40(4): 217.
Images in clinical medicine
Carcinoma of the lower lip
Boris Jancar
Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
In 71-year-old patient, the squamous cell carcinoma extended over 2/3 of the lower lip (Figures 1, 2). Surgical treatment would apparently be too mutilating; the patient was therefore referred to radiotherapy and received tmour dose (TD) 40 Gy in 10 fractions in 2 weeks, ortovoltage machine (Pantak). The tumour regressed completely. A photo of the patient was taken two years after the completed radiotherapy. On the last follow-up control ten years after the completed radiotherapy, no evidence of local or regional recurrence of the carcinoma was observed.
Received 15 November 2006 Accepted 22 November 2006
Correspondence to: Prim. Boris Jancar, MD, MS, Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Zaloska 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Phone; + 386 1 5879 295; Fax: + 386 1 5879 295; E-mail: bojan-carw'onko-i.si
Figure 3. Lower lip, two years after the completed radiotherapy.