Therapeutic results in 40 patients with tongue cancer
Okumura, K.; Suzuki, K.; Tsuge, I.; Moribe, K.; Kimura, T.; Motai, H.; Baba, S.
Acta Oto-Laryngologica. Supplementum 525: 142-145
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-5237 PMID: 8908289 Document Number: 459483
The therapeutic results in 40 newly diagnosed patients with tongue cancer treated in our department between January 1981 and December 1991 were evaluated. The 5-year survival rate of the 40 patients was 61.4%, and the cumulative 10-year survival rate was 53.7%. The 5-year survival rate in 15 patients who were in Stage I or Stage II was poor at 66.5%, and recurrence by metastasis to cervical lymph nodes was observed in 6 out of 8 patients who underwent surgery alone as the primary treatment.