title: [Radiotherapy of squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue--a statistical review].
abstract: The cases of 36 patients referred for radiotherapy of the tongue after an excisional biopsy or after an inadequate excision of the tongue cancer have been reviewed. In 32 patients treated by radiotherapy, the actuarial survival rate at five years was 86%, and the local rate control, was 82%. The local control rate for those treated by interstitial radiotherapy (Int. RT) was successful in 12 out of 13 cases, and the rates for those treated by external radiotherapy (Ext. RT) followed by Int. RT, or by the intraoral cone technique with electron beams (Elec.), or by Ext. RT, or by Elec. followed by Int. RT, or by no additional therapy were 7 out of 9, 4 out of 5, 2 out of 4, 1 out of 1, and 2 out of 4, respectively. For such cases of cancer, subsequent interstitial radiotherapy is advisable to maintain local control.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, Osaka Univ., Faculty of Dent.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuchihata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizutani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masaki
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery