... underwent surgery only. No further aggressivemanagement was attempted in 10 patients. Twenty -one patients were salvaged by surgery, 3 by brachytherapy alone, 4 by intra-oral irradiation, and 1 by external ... defects caused by surgery, and conserve good func-tion. Since surgery of T1 tumors is associated with goodresults in terms of the prognosis and function, the ratio of patients with T2 tumors who undergo ... with carcinoma of theoral tongue. Eur Arc Otorhinolaryngol 1998, 255:216-219.20. Nyman J, Mercke C, Lindström J: Prognostic factors for local con-trol and survival of cancer of the oral tongue...