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Post a new topicby contentuser on Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:56 am

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



Treatment




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For early disease, either surgery or radiation is the mainstays. The choice of one over the other depends on the size and location of the disease. Given the infrequency of spread to the lymph nodes, elective treatment of the neck is not necessarily required. In advanced disease (Stages 3 and 4), a combination of surgery and postoperative radiation is often required.


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