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Head and neck cancer treatment: present status and future direction

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Cancer Treatment An Update

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The primary treatment for patients with localized squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck has been surgery and/or radiotherapy. The results of therapy will depend on the clinical stage, and resectability of the disease.

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  1. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf

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  1. Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Vellefaux, 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France

    P. Banzet

  2. The Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1 G. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029-6574, USA

    J. F. Holland

  3. Service d’Oncologie Médicale, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière Pavillon Jacquart, 47, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France

    D. Khayat

  4. Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière Pavillon Jacquart, 47, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France

    M. Weil

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Al-Sarraf, M. (1994). Head and neck cancer treatment: present status and future direction. In: Banzet, P., Holland, J.F., Khayat, D., Weil, M. (eds) Cancer Treatment An Update. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0765-2_35

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