Skip to main content
. 2003 Oct 28;89(9):1610–1613. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601281

Table 2. Indications for postoperative radiotherapy among 19 patients with stage I cancers.

  Extracapsular dissection (n=7) Superficial parotidectomy (n=12)
Positive tumour margin 2 0
Close tumour margin 3 7
Tumour spillage 0 2
High-grade cancer 2 3
Adenoid cystic carcinoma 1 3

For some tumours, there may have been more than one indication for postoperative radiotherapy.