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The importance of margins in head and neck cancer
Author(s) -
Baddour Harry Michael,
Magliocca Kelly R.,
Chen Amy Y.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.24134
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , head and neck , general surgery , cancer , surgery
An estimated 200,000 deaths each year worldwide are due to cancer of the head and neck, mostly mucosal squamous cell carcinoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer. The status of surgical margins is important for prognosis and need for adjuvant therapy. We will discuss how margin status impacts outcomes and therapy, and the conundrum of determining margin status. J. Surg. Oncol. 2016;113:248–255 . © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.