. Radium . Epithelioma of the lower lip unsuccess-fully treated by x-ray, carbon dioxidernd various kinds of pastes. Same patient aftei radium treatment,notice small amount of iipithelioma of lower lip. After Treatment. submental and submaxillar}-. When the submental and submaxillary arepalpable some cancer cells usually have reached the deep cervical invasion of the lymphatic chains must be realized, and treatmentby radiation must be given as carefully as a radical operation is per-formed. The writer has seen many cases of epithelioma of the lowerlip in which only the lesio
. Radium . Epithelioma of the lower lip unsuccess-fully treated by x-ray, carbon dioxidernd various kinds of pastes. Same patient aftei radium treatment,notice small amount of iipithelioma of lower lip. After Treatment. submental and submaxillar}-. When the submental and submaxillary arepalpable some cancer cells usually have reached the deep cervical invasion of the lymphatic chains must be realized, and treatmentby radiation must be given as carefully as a radical operation is per-formed. The writer has seen many cases of epithelioma of the lowerlip in which only the lesion on the lip received treatment and in whichat the same time the lymphatic glands were involved. The objection to surgical removal is the frequent recurrence inthe scar, because the operation on the glands cannot be sufficientlycomplete, no matter how thoroughly the dissection is carried out. Theremoval of the submental part of the parotid, submaxillary and all theglands which metastasize, together with the ligation and excision of thejugular is no easy task; besides, often leaving cancer cells in deeperglands which cannot be reached. ... Vadium
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