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Edward L. Applebaum, MD; Willis P. Callins, MD; David E. Bytell, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1980;106(7):419-421.

Abstract
• Sixty-six patients were treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth during an 11-year period. Determinate three-year survival rates were 53%, 46%, 43%, and 33% for stages I through IV, consecutively. Analysis of treatment modalities showed that composite resection combined with radiation therapy resulted in higher cure rates than irradiation or wide local excision alone. The relatively low cure rates associated with the early cancers in this series suggest that more aggressive surgical therapy is warranted for small lesions.

(Arch Otolaryngol 106:419-421, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 4, 1979.

Read before the annual meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, Los Angeles, April 4, 1979.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, University of Illinois-Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1855 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612 (Dr Applebaum).

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