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  • Title: Temporal bone chemodectomas--comparing surgery and radiation therapy.
    Author: Springate SC, Haraf D, Weichselbaum RR.
    Journal: Oncology (Williston Park); 1991 Apr; 5(4):131-7; discussion 140, 143. PubMed ID: 1651096.
    Abstract:
    We reviewed the literature concerning curative treatment for chemodectomas of the temporal bone. Local control and complication rates were calculated from the published series for three therapeutic approaches: Surgery alone, radiation before or after surgery, and radiation alone. The local control rates were similar, 86%, 90%, and 93% respectively. Patients suffered a high rate of treatment-related morbidity following surgical excision of glomus jugulare lesions. Serious sequelae from radiation therapy were rare. We feel radiation therapy should be considered as primary treatment for glomus jugulare tumors.
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