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Patients presenting with stage II squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of mobile tongue and floor of mouth can be treated in many ways (Fletcher 1975; Pierquin et al. 1987). The management of these patients in France was routinely by interstitial irradiation to the primary area using iridium-192 and elective supraomohyoid neck dissection or close follow-up with delayed therapeutic neck dissection if required. The concept of elective irradiation of subclinical disease followed by an interstitial boost became very attractive in the mid-1970s and was used for tumors of the oral cavity (Fletcher 1972, 1975). This retrospective report describes our results with stage II SCC, comparing the two methods and paying special attention to local control.
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Mazeron, JJ., Grimard, L., Benk, V. (1994). Curietherapy Versus External Irradiation Combined with Curietherapy in Stage II Squamous Cell Carcinomas of Mobile Tongue and Floor of Mouth. In: Pape, HD., Ganzer, U., Schmitt, G. (eds) Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 134. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84971-8_12
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