Aspects on Treatment Principles of Tongue Carcinomas

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Abstract
A retrospective series of patients with tongue cancer was studied to assess the results of various treatment principles. Surgery must be considered particularly when large primary tumors and palpable regional nodes are found. Because of the unpredictable metastasis behavior, even in cases of small primary tumors without clinical evidence of regional spread, the potential risk of regional microdeposits must always be suspected. Irradiation of the neck field with fractionated doses of 5000 rad alone, or in combination with surgery, should be considered in all patients with tongue cancers.

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