... dental and medical practitioners, should be aware
of the presenting features of headandneck cancer, and the local referral pathways for
suspected cancers.
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5 Overview of treatment of the primary tumour
and neck
Thissectionaddressestherstlinetreatmentof headandneck cancer. Managementofrecurrent
tumour...
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staging of headandneckcancer / Committee for Neck Dissection
Classification, American HeadandNeck Society [and] Committee for Head
andNeck Surgery ... Guide to
NECK DISSECTION
CLASSIFICATION AND TNM
STAGING OF HEAD AND
NECK CANCER
Committee for HeadandNeck Surgery
and Oncology
American Academy of Otolaryngology–
Head andNeck Surgery
Neck Dissection ... guide to neck dissection classification and TNM staging of head and
neck cancer. — 3rd ed. / Committee for HeadandNeck Surgery and Oncol-
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Oral cavity
Larynx
Oropharynx
Hypopharynx
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ALL HEADANDNECK CANCERS
Early oropharyngeal cancer
Patients with early oropharyngeal cancer may be treated
by:
primary resection, with reconstruction as appropriate,
andneck dissection ... needle aspiration cytology should be used in the
investigation of headandneck masses.
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The risk of having headandneckcancer can be reduced
by:
not smoking or chewing tobacco
limiting...
... Otorhinolaryngologists – Headand Neck
Surgeons (BAOHNS) set out standards for the treatment and care of
patients with headandneckcancer in 1998. These were updated in
2000 and substantially expanded in a ... also includes cancers and sarcomas of the facial bones,
peripheral nerves, connective and soft tissues, and various glands.
Skull base cancers are included among headandneck cancers, but
tumours ... family and professional perspectives of headand neck
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Cancer...
... Figures
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8. Discussion
During and after therapy of malignant diseases of the head
and neck, communication skills are of special interest. Until
now, no objective method with low effort and ... global functional outcome of speech
and voice after the treatment of headandneck cancer. It
allows quantifying the intelligibility also in severely disturbed
voices and speech.
Acknowledgments
This ... Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Diagno-
sis and management of headandneck cancer. A national
clinical guideline, Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish Intercolle-
giate Guidelines Network...
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(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 84. HeadandNeckCancer
Head andNeck Cancer: Introduction
Epithelial carcinomas of the headandneck ... cis-retinoic acid have not been shown to prevent
head andneck cancers (or lung cancer) and may increase the risk in active
smokers.
Some headandneck cancers may have a viral etiology. The DNA ... in the headandneck
area, the lung, or the esophagus. Rarely, patients can develop a radiation
therapy–induced sarcoma after having undergone prior radiotherapy for a head
and neck cancer. ...