[Cancer of the floor of the mouth in a ninety-four year old female patient: a record and its justification].
BACKGROUND
Patient's age is known to have no influence on either treatment or prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma.


METHODS
A 94-year old female patient, with a squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth, stage pT1pN0cM0, was classically treated by surgical tumor resection, selective neck dissection and immediate surgical reconstruction with a vascularized radial flap.


CONCLUSIONS
This clinical case, which could be a record taking into account the patient's advanced age, confirms that treatment decision of oral squamous cell carcinoma must not be influenced by age. Only some age-related comorbidities must be considered.
Reychler
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Service de stomatologie et chirurgie maxillofaciale, clinique de cancérologie cervicomaxillofaciale, cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, université catholique de Louvain, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique. reychler@stom.ucl.ac.be
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013524:Surgical Flaps