How comorbidities affect the surgical treatment planning in elderly patients with head and neck cancer?

How comorbidities affect the surgical treatment planning in elderly patients with head and neck cancer?

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BACKGROUND. Head and neck cancer is the sixth leading cancer by incidence worldwide. Surgery and postoperative radiotherapy are the current standards in the treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC). Chemotherapy in combination with the listed methods is also used. However, the choice of a treatmen...

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Main Authors: Dorota Dziemiańczyk-Pakieła, Natalia Tołoczko-Iwaniuk, Małgorzata Malinowska-Zaprzałka, Beata Klaudia Nowaszewska, Marek Chwiedosik, Jan Borys, Katarzyna Wawrzyn, Ewa Sierko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kazimierz Wielki University 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Subjects:
head and neck cancer
treatment
comorbidities
Online Access:http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5453

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