Treatment policy for localized oral cancer

Abstract

This paper analyzes the results of treatment for disseminated oral cancer (T1N0M0). The combined (surgery and radiotherapy) treatment group demonstrated the best 5-year overall and relapse-free survival rates (96.6 and 92.3 %, respectively). In the surgery group only, these rates were lower, amounting to 79.2 and 68.7 %, respectively. The medical therapy group was noted to have the lowest 5-year overall and relapse-free survival rates (81.8 and 45.5 %, respectively).

Keywords

• oral cancer
• combined treatment
• metastases