Untitled - Clpdigital.org

Ill
Radium
apy has become more general, the published tabulated reports have coincidentally
grown more encouraging, indicating that a larger number
of cases of epithelioma of the lip are receiving earlier and more adequate
treatment. Unfortunately, our statistics are still incomplete and proportionately
misleading; but each year sees a larger number of cases reported
and an ever-increasing percentage of "cures lo date." Even the
most conservative operators now admit that a person who has remained
Fig. 2
(Cas,- I). C. M. S.. age »9. Duration of lesion on lower
It cular p. nriR lesion year. on Al right- time aide »f of examination lower lip. slightly there was elevated a cir­
and about 1 im. In dlam-ter.
in good health with no sign of recurrence for a period of five vears or
longer can rightly be considered cured.
Epithelioma of the lip is essentially a disease of middle life, although
it occasionally occurs in the aged and. very exceptionally, in young
people. Il is frequent in both sexes, priority being claimed for males
Drawer (i) in a series of 9S1 cases at the Presbyterian, Roosevelt antl
General Memorial Hospitals reports 95 per cent occurring in males.