The role of electrochemotherapy with intratumoral bleomycin for early tongue carcinoma.

Background: The role of electrochemotherapy (ECT) using intratumoral bleomycin and electroporation as a first line treatment for oral tongue carcinoma has not been defined.

Aims/objectives: To evaluate the method of ECT in oral tongue carcinoma.

Material And Methods: Twenty-one successive patients with primary T1-T2 oral cancer predominantly of the oral tongue underwent either ECT (test;  = 9), or standard surgical resection and reconstruction (control;  = 12).