舌根癌仅占舌癌的15%,由于舌根位置较深,侵袭性强,易发生颈部淋巴结转移,预后较差。对其治疗应以手术为主〔1〕,辅以化疗和放疗。我院1996~2004年采用手术治疗舌根癌,疗效较好,现报告如下。1资料与方法舌根癌患者8例,男5例,女3例;年龄46~72岁,平均63.5岁。乳头状型5例,浸润型3 Tongue cancer accounts for only 15% of tongue cancer, due to the location of the tongue base is deep, aggressive, prone to cervical lymph node metastasis, the prognosis is poor. The treatment should be based on surgery [1], supplemented by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Our hospital from 1996 to 2004 the use of surgical treatment of tongue root cancer, the effect is better, are as follows. 1 Materials and Methods Tongue cancer in 8 patients, 5 males and 3 females; aged 46 to 72 years, mean 63.5 years. 5 cases of papillary, infiltration type 3