[Current state of surgical treatment of oral cancer]

This paper gives an outline of basic surgical requirements that have to be fulfilled in the therapy of carcinomata in the oral cavity, the emphasis being on progress thay may be expected to be made in three particular areas: 1. Combination with cytostatic agents and individualization of additional radiotherapy. 2. Possible improvement in the immediate restoration of defective conditions due to tumors. 3. Individualization of tactical approaches to the inclusion in surgical therapy of local lymph tracks or channels. It is in this particular connection that the method of functional neck dissection should be critically reexamined in order to find new possible ways of surgical treatment of carcinomata in the cervicocephalic region.