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SPECIAL RELATION TO INSIGNIFICANT AND FANCIED LESIONS OF THE TONGUE

J. W. SPIES, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1933;27(2):306-319.

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The purpose of this communication is to call attention to the increasing frequency of cancerphobia, especially as seen in patients with minor complaints referable to the tongue.

Cancer propaganda has greatly increased the number of people who present themselves to the physician regarding a benign or early new growth. However desirable this state of affairs may be, it has added considerably to the difficulties and responsibilities of the medical profession. More than ever, clinicians must be alert to make a correct diagnosis in patients who may present little in the way of signs and symptoms. A small neoplasm often intrudes so slightly on the organism that its detection may call for the greatest diagnostic acumen. MacFee¹ has recently pointed out that a number of examiners fail to discover lingual carcinomas before they have progressed to an advanced stage. On the other hand, the patient may not have an organic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PEIPING, CHINA

From the Department of Surgery, Peiping Union Medical College, Peiping, China.

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