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Case histories of 366 patients with cancer of the oral mucosa, tongue, and oropharynx who had received cryogenic treatment at the N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center in the period 1975 to 2009 served as the material for the investigation. Analysis of the longterm results of cryogenic treatment for primary and recurrent cancers and tumors untreated after traditional treatments showed the efficiency of this method in 75.8 and 48.2 % of primary and recurrent cancer patients, respectively. Five- and ten-year relapse-free survival rates were 73 and 68 %, respectively; and the survival rates after 15 years remained stable and those after 20 years averaged 65 % for all sites of oropharyngeal cancer. Recurrent cancer occurred in 21.4 % of the 303 patients who had completed treatment: in 15.2 % of the patients with primary cancer and in 21.7 % of those with recurrent cancer and untreated tumors. Local complications emerged from the wound in 18.3 % and were arrested in the postoperative period. Cryogenic treatment is recommended for oncological practice; its indications and contraindications were defined.