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Therapy Testing in a Spheroid-based 3D Cell Culture Model for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Current trends of surgical management of head and neck carcinomas
1Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA. AnnMarie.Bauer@RoswellPark.org
The Nursing Clinics of North America
|September 5, 2001
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Surgery and radiotherapy remain the mainstays of treatment for head and neck cancer. Surgical resection and reconstructive techniques are improving and offer the potential for organ and function preservation. This article gives an overview of carcinomas of the head and neck, salivary glands, and thyroid including epidemiology, staging, pathology, and standard treatment.
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