[Therapy of carcinoma of the gingiva: results of radiotherapy and combined therapy in 88 patients in the years 1950 to 1976 (author's transl)].

The results of radiotherapy alone or in combination with surgery in the treatment of 58 patients with primary cancer of the gingiva and 30 patients with primary cancer of the buccal mucosa and secondary manifestation on the gingiva are represented. More than 60% of the patients after combined treatment survive symptomless for more than five years. The results of ratiotherapy are inferior to the results of the combined treatment also in early lesions. Analysis of the own experience and data from published series show that in most cases of gingiva cancer the combined treatment should be preferred.