1988 Volume 1988 Issue Supplement27 Pages 189-198
The 86 patients with tongue cancer initially treated at Hiroshima University Hospital between 1973 and 1987 were clinically studied. There were 62 males and 24 females, and t he average age of these patients was 55.2 years old. The five-year survival rate was 55.9. (Stage I: 80.3% Stage II: 66.7% Stage III: 17.8% Stage IV: 40.0%)There was no signifi c ant difference between the patients treated by radiation and those treated by surgery. Concerning th e prognosis, control of the cervical metastasis is a more important facter than that of the primary lesion.
