Larynx organ preservation in subjects with hypopharynx-larynx cancer
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Larynx organ preservation in subjects with hypopharynx-larynx cancer
Background Till not many years ago, the recommended treatment for advanced laryngeal cancer was a total laryngectomy followed by adjuvant radiation therapy. Studies conducted from 1980’s have broadened the therapeutic options, in the attempt to cure the cancer while sparing laryngeal functions. Functional surgery and a combination of chemotherapy (CT) and radiotherapy (RT) appears to be able to...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Geriatrics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-s1-a53