SARCOMA OF THE TONGUE
- 23 January 1915
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. LXIV (4) , 291-296
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1915.02570300005002
Abstract
A diagnosis of sarcoma in any part of the body seems always to fill the mind of the attending surgeon with a certain foreboding of ill in the prognosis. Rightly or wrongly, there persists for a time at least in the minds of those near the patient the haunting fear that there is far more likelihood of recurrence, or of metastasis, than probability of complete and permanent cure after the first surgical intervention. The cases here reported aroused an interest, and a study of the condition was undertaken to find out the known and published facts concerning sarcoma of the tongue. The reader will not be wearied with airy speculation, and scant space will be given to any theoretical opinion, no matter how eminent its source. Search through the literature (English, French and German) has brought to my notice fifty-eight reported cases. From a study of these and the twoKeywords
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