Ameloblastoma medical therapy

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]

Overview

The mainstay of therapy for ameloblastoma is surgery. Adjunctive chemotherapy/radiation/chemoradiation may be required.[1]

Medical Therapy

While chemotherapy, radiation therapy, curettage and liquid nitrogen have been effective in some cases of ameloblastoma, surgical resection or enucleation remains the most definitive treatment for this condition. Radiation is ineffective in many cases of ameloblastoma. There have also been reports of sarcoma being induced as the result of using radiation to treat ameloblastoma. Chemotherapy is also often ineffective. However, there is some controversy regarding this[13] and some indication that some ameloblastomas might be more responsive to radiation that previously thought.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ameloblastoma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameloblastoma Accessed on December 25, 2015

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