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Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:18 pm

Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Head and Neck Cancer(Free Handout)



Hypopharynx Tumors Treatment



The appropriate therapy for tumors of the hypopharynx (e.g., upper throat) depends upon several factors:

the patient's health (performance status);
the extent of disease (stage),
the presence of absence of laryngeal involvement; and
the presence or absence of either local (lymph node) or distant metastasis.



In general, for early stage disease (T1 or T2 lesions) surge...Read the full article
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