Is Routine Follow-up Useful After Combined-Modality Therapy for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer?
Open Access
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 125 (4) , 379-382
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.125.4.379
Abstract
HEAD AND neck squamous cell carcinoma has traditionally been described as a tumor type in which rigorous follow-up is required. This idea has evolved because patients are at risk for developing both recurrence of the original tumor and a new second primary tumor. Many studies have reported rates of second primary tumors after treatment of head and neck cancer; these are usually on the order of 10% to 20%,1,2 or around 5% per year.3,4Keywords
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