Local resection with radiotherapy has comparable results with cranio-orbital resection in terms of tumor recurrence and survival rate in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma. Therefore, this method should be preferred because it is less disfiguring and preserves useful vision, according to a study.
Seventy-nine patients treated at Moorfields Eye Hospital for lacrimal gland carcinoma between 1972 and 2014 were identified. The mean age at presentation was 48 years. Most of those treated after 1992 had local tumor resection and postoperative radiotherapy (LRR). Before 1992, patients had
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