head and neck cancer referral guidelines

... dental and medical practitioners, should be aware of the presenting features of head and neck cancer, and the local referral pathways for suspected cancers. 2.5 SCREENING FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER ... TUMOUR AND NECK Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer A national clinical guideline October 2006 36 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEAD AND NECK ... 2 PRESENTATION, SCREENING AND RISK FACTORS 24 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER 1 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++ 1 ++ 1 ++ For patients with advanced head and neck cancer, where postoperative...

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Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 00:20

... guide to neck dissection classification and TNM staging of head and neck cancer / Committee for Neck Dissection Classification, American Head and Neck Society [and] Committee for Head and Neck Surgery ... Guide to NECK DISSECTION CLASSIFICATION AND TNM STAGING OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology American Academy of Otolaryngology– Head and Neck Surgery Neck Dissection ... guide to neck dissection classification and TNM staging of head and neck cancer. — 3rd ed. / Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncol- ogy, American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20

... cavity Larynx Oropharynx Hypopharynx ALL HEAD AND NECK CANCERS Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer Quick Reference Guide October 2006 90 COPIES OF ALL SIGN GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE ... AND SCREENING REFERRAL DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING Patients should be seen within two weeks of urgent referral.  All patients with head and neck cancer should have direct pharyngolaryngoscopy and ... consideration.  ALL HEAD AND NECK CANCERS Early oropharyngeal cancer  Patients with early oropharyngeal cancer may be treated by:  primary resection, with reconstruction as appropriate, and neck dissection...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Diagno- sis and management of head and neck cancer. A national clinical guideline, Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish Intercolle- giate Guidelines Network ... global functional outcome of speech and voice after the treatment of head and neck cancer. It allows quantifying the intelligibility also in severely disturbed voices and speech. Acknowledgments This ... Figures 3 and 4). 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...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... 084. Head and Neck Cancer (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 84. Head and Neck Cancer Head and Neck Cancer: Introduction Epithelial carcinomas of the head and neck ... cis-retinoic acid have not been shown to prevent head and neck cancers (or lung cancer) and may increase the risk in active smokers. Some head and neck cancers may have a viral etiology. The DNA ... in the head and neck 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. ...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 01:20

... early symptom of laryngeal cancer, and persistent hoarseness requires referral to a specialist for indirect laryngoscopy and/ or radiographic studies. If a head and neck lesion treated initially ... and Neck Cancer (Part 2) Clinical Presentation and Differential Diagnosis Most head and neck 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. Head and Neck Cancer...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 01:20

... N0 M0 T4a N1 M0 T1 N2 M0 T2 N2 M0 Chapter 084. Head and Neck Cancer (Part 3) Table 84- 1 TNM Classification for Head and Neck Cancer (Except Nasopharyngeal) Primary Tumor Site T ... Lary nx, muscle of tongue, Thyroid/cricoid cartilage, N3 Metastasis in a lymph node(s) >6 cm and/ or to supraclavicular fossa N3a > 6 cm N3b Extension to the supraclavicular fossa MX...

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