This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Nose and paranasal sinuses, Subject name: ENT
Preferred treatment in a 60years old patient with Maxillary carcinoma involving anterolateral pa of maxilla is 
Select and explain. 
A. Radiotherapy only, B. Total/extended Maxillectomy followed by radiotherapy, C. Radiotherapy followed by total/extened maxillectomy, D. Total/extended maxillectomy alone
C: Radiotherapy followed by total/extened maxillectomy
Answer: C: Radiotherapy followed by total/extened maxillectomy 
Explanation: Treatment of maxillary carcinomas: Early cases with Stage I and II squamous cell carcinomas are treated with surgery or radiation with equal results. T3 and T4 lesions are treated by combined modalities of radiation and surgery. Radiation in such cases may be given preoperatively or postoperatively Ref: Dhingra 7e pg 233.