摘要：The cancer of the parotid gland, a major pair salivary gland, is considered a rare entity, dealt with in surgery and oncology centers of head an neck. Material and Methods. The authors analyze data recorded for 135 patients suffering from primary parotid cancer, selected according to the criteria chosen for the inclusion in the present study. The treatment consisted of surgery or surgery followed by radiotherapy and was administered between 1995 and 2008 at the “Prof. Dr. I. Chiricuţă” Institute of Oncology in Cluj-Napoca. Both univariate and multivariate methods of statistic analysis have been employed. Results. The authors conclude that the disease-free interval after 3 years was of 78.5% with a general survival rate of 88%, while after 5 years, these variables had the value of of 71.5% and 80.7% respectively. Conclusion. The results indicate that the post-therapeutic interval at 3 years was significantly influenced by parameters pT and pN, at 5 years by age and pT, while the survival rate at 3 years was influenced, with statistic relevance, by age, pstage, pT, category pN, and the perineural invasion, while at 5 years by age and pT
