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Cancer of the tongue: Local control of the primary
Author(s) -
Saxena Virendra S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197010)26:4<788::aid-cncr2820260407>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - tongue , medicine , radiation therapy , cancer , surgery , disease , primary cancer , pathology
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of radiotherapy in local control of primary cancer of the tongue. A determinate group of 440 patients with this cancer treated from 1945‐1959 at one institute were studied. It was found that radiotherapy controlled the local disease in 55.4, 50.0, 35.5, and 20.4 percent of the patients initially, but subsequent and further management by surgey and/or radiotherapy brought this local control rate up to 71.8, 82.0, 46.9, and 25.0 percent in T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , and T 4 cancers of the tongue. The fate of all the patients whether alive, alive with recurrence, dead, or dead with or without disease at the end of 1, 3, 5, and 10 years is given in detail. No attempt is made to present author's opinions based upon this study.