Critical Surgical Problems in the Treatment of Oral and Laryngopharyngeal Cancer

Abstract

FIVE hundred and sixty-six patients with cancer of the oral cavity, the pharynx and the larynx have been seen at the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital from its opening in July, 1952, through June 30, 1963. This report concerns 288 patients treated before June 30, 1958, with a five-year follow—up evaluation on 223. Eighty-seven additional patients were seen from June 30, 1958, to June 30, 1960, making a total of 375 cases, 290 of which are analyzed in a three-year follow-up study (Table 1). To obtain a complete study, the records of all patients treated with radiation therapy, surgery or a . . .