在Memorial Sloan-Kettering癌症中心的头颈医疗部中,舌癌是一种最常见的肿瘤,约占所有医院住院病人的1％.病人中位数年龄为61岁,多数是男性,但不满40岁的妇女和男病人日益增加.分期较低的病人比例数增加到26％,入院时淋巴结转移者减少到39％,舌底癌病人的相应比例从29％增加到40％.舌癌最常用的治疗方式是外科手术,但以放射疗法作 In the Head and Neck Medical Unit of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, tongue cancer is the most common type of tumor, accounting for approximately 1% of hospital admissions in all hospitals. The median age of patients is 61 years, most of them men, but less than 40 years old. The number of women and men patients has been increasing. The proportion of patients with lower stages has increased to 26%, the number of lymph node metastases at hospital has decreased to 39%, and the corresponding proportion of patients with lingual floor cancer has increased from 29% to 40%. The most commonly used treatment for tongue cancer The way is surgery, but with radiation therapy