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Treatment of intraoral cancer by electrocoagulation
Author(s) -
Patterson W. Bradford
Publication year - 1979
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(197903)43:3<821::aid-cncr2820430307>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - electrocoagulation , medicine , surgery , cancer , carcinoma , cure rate , dentistry
Electrocoagulation of intraoral carcinoma has been utilized as primary curative treatment in a series of twenty‐five patients. The technique described here employs a disk electrode, requires only light general anesthesia and has a low rate of complications. Eleven patients survived more than five years. Eight died of other diseases and only 6 died with recurrent cancer. This is an effective technique which deserves wider use. Cancer 43:821–824, 1979.