[Carcinoma of the oral cavity independent of tobacco and alcoholic beverages. Apropos of 23 cases in elderly persons].

Twenty-three cases of carcinomas of the buccal cavity have been observed and treated in persons aged more than 60 years, for whom tobacco and alcoholic drinks, the usual factors of these carcinomas, were not involved. The result of these treatments indicates that the vital and functional prognosis is relatively favorable in these persons, who are free from any alcohol- or tobacco-induced affections.