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1533144

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck often require total laryngectomy, but many patients will refuse the procedure despite the prospect of a lower cure rate. Radiation therapy alone can cure selected patients. Chemotherapy has been combined with radiation in a variety of ways, in hopes of improving local control, preserving function, and achieving survival better than that achieved with radiation therapy alone. Several studies have yielded encouraging results, including the only randomized study that has compared chemotherapy/radiation to standard total laryngectomy and postoperative radiation therapy. All function preservation treatment programs require a motivated and compliant patient, careful patient monitoring, and close cooperation among surgical, radiation, and medical oncologists.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0890-9091
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33-8, 43; discussion 44, 47
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Current status of larynx preservation with multimodality therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article