title: Clinical evaluation of patients with squamous carcinoma of the oral cavity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To make a clinical evaluation of patients with squamous carcinoma of the oral cavity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical condition of 72 patients with squamous carcinoma of the mouth, hospitalized at the Institute of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 2nd University of Naples, Italy, between 1992 and 1996, were examined. The patients were evaluated system by system, staged by TNM-UICC and classified by ASA and by the Karnofsky and Burchenal and the Zubrod et al. Performance status methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Evaluation by the two methods produced different results. Of the patients examined, 34.5% showed more than one systemic disorder. 51.4% were in ASA classes 3-4.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of a disease with poor prognosis associated with advanced neoplastic stage (stages III-IV; 69.4% of the total) precluded radical surgery in 32% of patients, who were treated with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Second University of Naples.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gabriele
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Tartaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giorgetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome