ABSTRACT
From 1974 to 1993 in Otolaryngology Department of County Hospital No 1 in Rzeszów, Poland in 98 patients cancers of the oral tongue and/or floor of the mouth have been diagnosed. Pathology examinations revealed squamous cell carcinoma in 98% of the total number of patients. Based on the hospital data and control examinations authors have analyzed retrospectively 42 patients (35 male and 7 female, aged 32-90). Because of the advanced stage of the disease as many as 17 patients have applied only palliative treatment. 13 patients were treated surgically followed by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, 9 patients were treated with radiation and 3 patients have radiotherapy and chemotherapy. 3, 5, and 10 years survivals have been estimated.
Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/therapy , Tongue Neoplasms/therapy , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/mortality , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Palliative Care , Retrospective Studies , Survival Rate , Tongue Neoplasms/mortality , Tongue Neoplasms/pathologyABSTRACT
233 patients with lip carcinoma were treated in ENT Department of County Hospital No 1 in Rzeszów from 1974 to 1990. Analysing the kind of surgery according to clinical stage of the disease it was stated that the most patients with advanced tumors required reconstruction operations-125 (53.6%). Authors analyzed 3, 5 and 10 years survivals, separately for patients treated either surgically or with combined method and for patients who were treated with radiotherapy followed by surgery because of local recurrence of the disease.
