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Long‐term complications of radiotherapy confronting the head and neck surgeon
Author(s) -
Strauss Melvin
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198303000-00013
Subject(s) - radiation therapy , head and neck cancer , head and neck , medicine , term (time) , surgery , general surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
Despite significant growth in the knowledge and application of radiation physics to human cancer therapy, there continue to be significant complications from such therapy. Selected cases are presented and discussed to illustrate the long‐term complications of radiotherapy which may arise when dealing with cancer in the head and neck.