Treatment Options for Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer

摘要: Accurate staging is of paramount importance for the decision-making process. Positron emission tomography has been used increasingly and follow-up patients with head neck cancer Patient preference, physician expertise, toxicity issues are important factors when determining clinical management individuals. Surgical treatment remains superior to conservative in reference disease control, but latter terms organ preservation. External radiotherapy alone and/or brachytherapy may offer an excellent outcome early-stage disease. Altered fractionation concomitant chemoradiation have resulted improved locoregional control locally advanced For disease, appears confer a reproducible survival benefit; optimal time-dose regimen not yet defined this approach. increase acute profile. Concomitant chemoradiotherapy should be gold standard after resection at high risk failure or suitable chemotherapy. Targeted monoclonal antibodies promising approach, therapeutic index