[20 years' experience in stomato-oncology].

Between 1970 and 1988, 8,657 out of 102,113 out-patients at the Clinics of Dentistry and Oral Surgery of Szeged had stomatooncological illness. Documentation of the patients is carried out on data-forms suitable for computer processing. One of the most important tasks of stomatooncology consists in effecting screening test in which the basic dental care has a decisive role. It is a deficiency sign of the oncological view that even the precancerous oral cavity conditions and conspicuous tumors don't get timely into the centres, and, also, treatments are carried out without histological biopsy. Since 1973, 4,038 patients have been treated with cryotherapeutic methods and such method did deemed primary independent treatment in case of well selected patient stocks. The oncological complex therapy has to be followed by looking after. Yearly 1,500 to 2,000 check ups are effected.