## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Patients with locally recurrent squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN) are reported to have a poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. Optimal management is selectively applied and morbid. Both surgical resection and chemoradiotherapy are reported to re
Results of postoperative reirradiation for recurrent or second primary head and neck carcinoma
β Scribed by Nicolien Kasperts; Ben J. Slotman; C. Rene Leemans; Remco de Bree; Patricia Doornaert; Johannes A. Langendijk
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 524 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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