Postoperative interstitial brachytherapy for resectable squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficiency and toxicity of postoperative brachytherapy (POBT) in the treatment of resectable mobile tongue squamous cell carcinoma.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective single-center study of patients with SSC of the mobile tongue who were treated between August 1992 and June 2013 by glossectomy and neck dissection followed by (192)Ir interstitial brachytherapy of the tumor bed. Endpoints were local control, cancer-specific survival (CSS), overall survival (OS), and morbidity.