Table 1. Treatment modalities according to tumor stage for patients with oral cancer.
| Treatment modality | Stage | Total (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undefined | I | II | III | IV | ||
| 1982-199613 (n=97) | ||||||
| S only | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 37 (38.1) |
| RT only | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 (8.2) |
| CT only | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 (3.1) |
| S+RT | - | 8 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 38 (39.2) |
| CT & RT | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 7 (7.2) |
| S+CT | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 (2.1) |
| S+CT & RT | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 (1.0) |
| CT & RT+S | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 (1.0) |
| Total (%) | 3 (3.1) | 15 (15.5) | 17 (17.5) | 13 (13.4) | 49 (50.5) | 97 (100) |
| 2007-2011 (n=120) | ||||||
| S only | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 44 (36.7) |
| RT only | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 12 (10) |
| CT only | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 (10) |
| S+RT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 25 (20.8) |
| CT & RT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 (16.7) |
| S+CT | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 (0.8) |
| S+CT & RT | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 (3.3) |
| CT & RT+S | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 (2.5) |
| Total (%) | 5 (4.2) | 22 (18.3) | 21 (17.5) | 18 (15) | 54 (45) | 120 (100) |
(S: surgery, RT: radiation therapy, CT: chemotherapy, +: sequentially, &: synchronously)
Data from the article of Cho and Kim (J Korean Assoc Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;20:33–44)13.