1989 Volume 35 Issue 6 Pages 1617-1627
This is an investigation of 62 cases with squamous cell carcinoma of thetongue treated at the Tokyo Metoropolitan Komagome Hospital from May, 1976 to April, 1986.
Initial therapy of the primary site of the tongue was radiotherapy in 53 of 62 cases (85.5%), these items were Radium interstitial brachytherapy 23 of 62 cases (37.0%), combined external and interstitial radiotherapy 18 of 62 cases (29.0%), intraoral electron therapy 10 of 62 cases (16.0%), external radiotherapy 2 of 62 cases (3.2%), and operation of use together pre-operative radiotherapy and operation for 8 of 62 advance cases (13.0%).
This report has investigated the following using the therapeutic methods of the tongue cancer:
1) Local control rate of the primary site of the tongue cancer.
2) Metastatic rate of regional neck lymph node.
3) The survival rate classified by the disease stage.
4) Osteo-radionecrosis.
5) Double cancer.
