head and neck cancer
Breaking Boundaries
Often mistaken for a radiotherapist or medical oncologist, this expert in voice-box sparing strategies has reached out to a wide variety of professionals– most recently actors– in his quest to improve the chances of patients [more]
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Chemoradiation in head-and-neck cancer are we any closer?
A recent study analysed the timing of non-platinum chemotherapy in combination with radiotherapy in patients with head-and-neck cancer and showed that only those who had not undergone surgery benefited from the chemoradiation therapy. However, inconsistencies [more]
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Determining the survival benefit of adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with node-positive head and neck cancer
Postoperative radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy remains part of the standard treatment regimen to improve locoregional control for patients with head and neck cancer who have adverse pathologic factors after surgery. Whether an overall survival [more]
Controversial issues in managing locally advanced head and neck cancers
Great strides have beenmade inmanaging patients with locally advanced squamous cell cancer of the head and neck over the past 20 years. Novel approaches using chemoradiation (CRT) have improved disease control and quality of life. [more]
N E W S R O U N D
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Don’t look away
In the second part of our series on Living with the consequences, survivors of head and neck cancer talk about the social isolation and despair of living with mutilated faces and struggling to talk, chew [more]