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Follow-Up in Head and Neck Cancer: A Management Dilemma
Author(s) -
Francesca De Felice,
Daniela Musio,
Vincenzo Tombolini
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advances in otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2356-6833
pISSN - 2314-7938
DOI - 10.1155/2015/703450
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , head and neck , dilemma , modality (human–computer interaction) , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , basal cell , treatment modality , cancer , radiation therapy , radiology , medical physics , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology
Follow-up program in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck district is crucial to detect locoregional recurrence and second primary tumors and to manage treatment toxicities. The choice of the appropriate frequency of visits and imaging modality can be troublesome. Details of timing surveillance and type of diagnostic procedure are still not well defined. This review highlights the problem from a clinician’s point of view

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