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Anita N. Newman, MD; Dale H. Rice, MD; Robert H. Ossoff, DMD, MD; George A. Sisson, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1983;109(5):302-304.

Abstract
• Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in young people is a rare disease. The usual causal agents associated with this disease in older patients may not be operative in this younger age group or may involve a greatly reduced latency. Failure to perform a biopsy of tongue lesions in young patients often leads to late diagnosis. The prognosis is similar, stage for stage, as for older patients. Thirteen cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue occurred in patients younger than 30 years of age. Their clinical appearance, stage and histologic state, treatment, and survival are discussed. A high index of suspicion leading to early diagnosis and systematic adequate treatment are needed to alter the unfavorable prognosis of this lesion.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1983;109:302-304)

Author Affiliations
From the Head and Neck Surgical Section, Veterans Administration Wadsworth Medical Center, and the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Drs Newman and Rice); and the Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University, Chicago (Drs Ossoff and Sisson).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 17, 1982.

Reprint requests to VA Wadsworth Medical Center (W112C), Wilshire and Sawtelle boulevards, Los Angeles, CA 90073 (Dr Newman).

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