The author made the statistical observation with 24 cases of reticulosarcoma of palatine tonsil treated in his clinic for these 17 years and a half.
Patients were comparatively more in the age of 40 to 70 years, and there was little difference made by sex. Metastasis on the neck lymphnodes occurred frequently and in the early stage.
Among 24 patients, 15 had irradiation, anti-cancer agents and operation, 6 irradiation and anti-cancer agents, 2 operation only, 1 operation and anti-cancer agents.
As a result, 15 died, 6 were alive and 3 were uninformed.
Of 6 patients who suvived more than 1 year after treatment, 4 were those who had received the treatment of three methods, 1 irradiation and anti-cancer agents, and 1 operation and anti-cancer agents.
Most of the patients were in the second or the third stage according to TNM classification, and for these patients the extirpation of the primary tumor, the radical neck dissection, the complete irradiation, and the application of anti-cancer agents were most effective, but for the more advanced cases, no surgical therapy was applicable.
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