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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 ... classification and TNM
staging of headandneckcancer / Committee for Neck Dissection
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IV. Kies, Merrill S. V. American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and
Neck Surgery. Committee for HeadandNeck Surgery and Oncology. VI.
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... practitioners should be aware of symptoms suggestive of headandneck cancer.
3.2 DIAGNOSIS ANDSTAGING
Diagnosis andstaging of headandneck malignancy will normally include clinical examination ... dental and medical practitioners, should be aware
of the presenting features of headandneck cancer, and the local referral pathways for
suspected cancers.
2.5 SCREENING FOR HEADANDNECKCANCER ... TUMOUR AND NECK
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
Diagnosis and management of
head andneck cancer
A national clinical guideline
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COPIES OF ALL SIGN ... consideration.
ALL HEADANDNECK CANCERS
Early oropharyngeal cancer
Patients with early oropharyngeal cancer may be treated
by:
primary resection, with reconstruction as appropriate,
andneck dissection ... the neck for nodal metastatic
disease.
D
Where the nodal staging on CT or MRI is equivocal,
USFNA and/ or FDG-PET increase the accuracy of nodal
staging.
B
All patients with headandneck cancer...
... Ill, USA, 4th
edition, 2007.
[21] Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Diagno-
sis and management of headandneck cancer. A national
clinical guideline, Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish ... 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 ... 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...
... 084. HeadandNeckCancer
(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. ...
... early symptom of laryngeal cancer, and persistent
hoarseness requires referral to a specialist for indirect laryngoscopy and/ or
radiographic studies. If a headandneck lesion treated initially ... andNeckCancer
(Part 2)
Clinical Presentation and Differential Diagnosis
Most headandneck cancers occur after age 50, although these cancers can
appear in younger patients, including ... disease, and identify any additional premalignant
lesions or second primaries.
Head andneck tumors are classified according to the TNM system of the
American Joint Committee on Cancer. This...