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CARCINOMA OF THE OROPHARYNX
Author(s) -
Hughes Christopher J.,
Spiro Ronald H.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02215.x
Subject(s) - medicine , field cancerization , swallowing , head and neck , carcinoma , disease , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , pathology , basal cell
Carcinoma of the oropharynx poses particular challenges and problems to head and neck clinicians. These include relative anatomic inaccessibility, field cancerization and the need to minimize speech and swallowing dysfunction. The aim of this review is to bring together an appreciation of the issues involved in the management of this disease and the more recent results of its treatment.