## Abstract ## Background. Studies on morbidity of the neck after head and neck cancer therapy are scarcely described. ## Methods. Patients who underwent surgery, including neck dissection, with and without radiation therapy at least 1 year before the study were asked to participate. We assessed
The role of infection in the morbidity and mortality of patients with head and neck cancer undergoing multimodality therapy
โ Scribed by Maha Hussain; Julie A. Kish; Lawrence Crane; Ahmed Uwayda; Glen Cummings; John F. Ensley; Efstathios Tapazoglou; Muhyi Al-Sarraf
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 572 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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