Surgical management of local and regional recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Curr Opin Oncol. 1998 May;10(3):207-12. doi: 10.1097/00001622-199805000-00006.

Abstract

During 1997 more than 40,000 Americans developed a squamous cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract. Surgery and radiation therapy may have been used alone or together, with reasonable prospects for curing them of disease. The majority of patients whose cancer cannot be controlled are confronted with local or regional recurrence. Such recurrences often occur in sites of the head and neck that are suited to early detection during an office examination. Hence, many are treatable with curative intent. This review addresses various surgical approaches to these difficult management problems.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / mortality
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / mortality
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / therapy
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / mortality
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Laryngectomy
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Mouth Neoplasms / mortality
  • Mouth Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Mouth Neoplasms / surgery
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / mortality
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Neck Dissection
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / mortality
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery*
  • Palliative Care
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms / mortality
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Remission Induction
  • Salvage Therapy