[Long-term results of interstitial gamma-therapy for cancer of the mucosa of tongue and oral cavity fundus].

The methodology and end results of interstitial radiotherapy and combined and complex limb-preserving treatment for carcinoma of the mucosa of the tongue and fundus of the oral cavity have been studied. 60Co ionizing radiation pin-sources with high-level activity at tips were employed.

[Interstitial radiotherapy for cancers of the tongue and mouth floor mucosa].

The report deals with new procedures of interstitial, complex and combined treatment of cancer of the tongue and mucosa of fundus of the oral cavity with time space-differentiated doses of radiation. If indicated, cervical lymph nodes undergo surgery at the final stage of therapy. Interstitial radiotherapy has proved a highly-effective radical component of said treatment for cancers of the tongue and oral cavity.