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Diagnosis and management of
head andneck cancer
A national clinical guideline
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DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEADANDNECK ... 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 ... 12
DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEADANDNECK CANCER
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5 Overview of treatment of the primary tumour
and neck
Thissectionaddressestherstlinetreatmentof headandneck cancer. Managementofrecurrent
tumour...
... guide to neck dissection classification and TNM
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-
ogy, American Academy of Otolaryngology HeadandNeck Surgery...
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Larynx
Oropharynx
Hypopharynx
ALL HEADANDNECK CANCERS
Diagnosis and management
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Scottish ... consideration.
ALL HEADANDNECK CANCERS
Early oropharyngeal cancer
Patients with early oropharyngeal cancer may be treated
by:
primary resection, with reconstruction as appropriate,
andneck dissection ...
investigation of headandneck masses.
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The risk of having headandneckcancer can be reduced
by:
not smoking or chewing tobacco
limiting alcohol consumption, in line with government
guidelines
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... Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Diagno-
sis and management of headandneck cancer. A national
clinical guideline, Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish Intercolle-
giate Guidelines Network ... 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
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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 ... advanced neck lymph node disease. Modern imaging techniques may
increase the number of patients with clinically detectable distant metastases in the
future.
Chapter 084. HeadandNeck Cancer...