[Controversies connected with the therapeutic approach in palpebral epitheliomas]

We try to clarify some controversies related to the palpebral epitheliomas, controversies related to the therapeutical applied attitude (surgery, radiotherapy or the association of the two therapeutical methods), to the indications and contraindications of their application.

It is a review study of the Military Hospital and Oncologic Institute Cluj-Napoca casuistry between 1984-1994, which comprises 244 patients with palpebral epitheliomas, histologically confirmed. This casuistry was followed taking into consideration the age, sex, histological type, anatomo clinical presentation, TNM clinical stage, the localisation of the tumor, the type of the applied treatment, complications, healing and the therapeutical failures.

The efficiency of the applied therapeutical methods was considered related to their obtained results to the therapeutical failures. The rate of healing at 5 years was 90.57% for the whole group.

1. The two methods of treatment seems to be equally sensible concerning the therapeutical efficiency in stages I and II. 2. In the advanced stages (III and IV) our option is for mixing the two methods. An optimum treatment for each patient is possible only if there is a close cooperation between the ophthalmologist-surgeon, plastic surgeon and the radiation oncologist.