BACKGROUND: Our purpose is to establish the relationship between stage, therapy and survival for patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the pharynx. METHODS: A retrospective study of 507 files of patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the phrarynx at Department de Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço do Hospital Amaral Carvalho, Jaú, from 1996 to 2001 was conduced. Considering Variables such as gender, ethnic, symptons, staging, therapy and survival were evaluated using Kaplan Meyer Method for survival and K Square Test (p<0,05) for others variables. RESULTS: Median age was 55,6 years (± 11,9 years), 456 males and 51 females (9:1 relation). About ethnic, 480 patients were white (94.7%) and 27 black, follow by wound (13.6%), neck node (11.8%) and hoaseness (7.9%). Stage IV (60.6%), justifyng isolated surgery in 11.0% and irradiation in 5.7%. For hipopharynx cancer with surgery alonemortality was (62.2%) ,for oropharynx (68.0%) and nasopharynx (38.9%) with chemoradiotherapy association. CONCLUSION: The 5 years survival for initial stages for oropharynx and hipopharynx were satisfactory with surgical therapy and for nasopharynx with chemoradiotherapy association.
Pharyngeal neoplasms; Survivorship; Neoplasm staging; Combined modality therapy; Carcinoma; squamous cell
