Benefit of salvage total pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy for recurrent locally advanced head and neck cancer after radiotherapy

Abstract Background The treatment modalities for recurrent locally advanced head and neck cancer failure after radiotherapy are limited with poor prognosis. Salvage supra-radical operation seems to be an option. It has not been established which patients will benefit from salvage total pharyngolaryn...

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Main Authors: Jie Liu, Ye Zhang, Zhengjiang Li, Shaoyan Liu, Huizheng Li, Zhengang Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-017-0900-2