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By Vilray P. Blair, M.D., Sherwood Moore, M.D., and Louis T. Byars, M.D. Price, $10.00, cloth. Pp. 599, with 324 illustrations. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1941.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1942;45(5):1033-1034.

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The practitioner who has the time and the inclination to read the abundant literature dealing with cancer of the face and mouth (which includes most of the tissues above the shoulder girdle) must be aware of the diversified methods advocated by physicians tor treatment. Take, for example, a cancer of the mucocutaneous portion of the lower lip. What is generally conceded to be "the best treatment?" Should it be with roentgen rays, interstitial radium seeds, actual cautery, electrodesiccation or scalpel surgery? Should there be a judicious combination of several or even of all modalities? What procedures are advocated as the most thorough and the safest with respect to the lymph nodes of the neck? Which technic is best for end results?

In this compact volume the answers to innumerable problems of similar portent are clearly and adequately presented. The diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis and treatment are set forth in simple and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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