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Radiation therapy for head and neck cancers
Author(s) -
Wang C. C.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197508)36:2+<748::aid-cncr2820360819>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , radiation therapy , surgery , carcinoma , general surgery , radiology
A general review of the therapeutic experience of the management of carcinoma of the head and neck at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary is presented. Early lesions are highly curable by radiation therapy alone; the advanced lesions are preferably treated by combined irradiation and surgery, with improved survival rates. Concepts of various approaches are discussed.