title: [Primary cancer of the tongue treated at the Otolaryngological Clinic, Medical Academy, in Poznań 1963-1987].
abstract: The analysis of 191 patients with primary tongue carcinoma treated in ENT Clinic of Medical Academy in Poznań during the years 1963-1987 was presented. Since 1983 there were the dramatic increase in patients number. The patients age was between 20 and 87. Statistically significant was the males number. The half of the patients were in their 6th decade of life. In the last 5 years period the patients were younger of mean 5 years. Their symptoms lasted about 4 months. The earliest was the tongue pain. Tobacco smokers and alcoholics predominated. The localizations were in general on the edge and on the basal part of the tongue. Histologically the most frequent was the planoepithelial cancer in the second clinical stage. The 5 years survival rate was about 20%.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Otolaryngologicznej Katedrv Chorób Ucha, Nosa, Gardła i Krtani AM w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kruk-Zagajewska
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szmeja
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Citowicki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skonieczny
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Malinowska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cerkaska-Głuszak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012737:Sex Factors; D013029:Space-Time Clustering; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Pierwotny rak jezyka w materiale Kliniki Otolaryngologicznej AM w Poznaniu w latach 1963-1987.