Treatment and Outcome in 30 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth.

Thirty patients with sqamous cell carcinoma of the mouth floor, who were treated between 1976 and 1993 at Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, were studied to evaluate the possibilities and limitations of radiotherapy, surgery, and palliative treatment.The patients who received primary treatment were divided into three groups: those who received radiation (11 patients), those who received mainly surgery with radical resection (10 patients) and those who received palliative therapy with radiation (8 patients).The 5-year cumlative survival rate in each group was 90% for radiation, 60% for surgery, and 11% palliative treatment.