Dental clinics of North America
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Dent. Clin. North Am. · Jan 2008
ReviewMultidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment: focus on head and neck cancer.
This article focuses on squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), the most common malignancy of the head and neck area. Early detection limits morbidity of treatment and increases the chances of a cure. ⋯ Salvage surgery has become more common, and with it the increased challenges in managing metastatic disease to neck nodes as well as managing failure of organ preservation treatments. Surgeons continue to develop and refine reconstruction techniques to optimize cosmetic and functional outcomes.