The effects of Emblica officinalis and Tinospora cordifolia herbal treatment on the prognosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa and tongue

The results, showed statistically significant improvements in the prognosis of the trial group consisted of OSCC buccal mucosa with greatly reduced local (p = 0.02) and overall recurrences (p = 0.05). The trial group of OSCC of the tongue, showed a highly statistically significant reduction in nodal (p = 0.01) and overall recurrences (p = 0.01).The reduction of nodal recurrence was greater in the OSCC tongue group. Five-year combined recurrence-free survival of the trial groups together (62.7%) was significantly better, in comparison to (42.3%) the control group (p = 0.031).