[The management of pharyngeal cancer from the surgical viewpoint]

From experiences in Rostock nasopharyngeal carcinomas are a domain of radiotherapy, whereas surgical measures can be used in lymph node metastases additionally. Carcinomas of the oropharynx need a balanced radiosurgical combination therapy, which has been done by sandwich-procedure in Rostock for 10 years. The value of an additional chemo- or immunotherapy needs further securing yet, as generally a prospective randomized study is suggested for all the country. Carcinomas of hypopharynx are treated in combination by operation of different dimension and after-irradiation.