The role of the head and neck surgeon in contemporary multidisciplinary treatment programs for advanced head and neck cancer

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-82

  Wong, Richard J ^a   Shah, Jatin P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation therapy; Head and neck surgery; Organ preservation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; AIRWAY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949599482     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32833782f0     Document Type: Review

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