title: Current considerations in multimodality therapy of head and neck cancer.
abstract: Patients with advanced head and neck cancer are no longer being treated with a single therapeutic modality. The best outcomes appear to be associated with treatment regimens that combine, in various ways, surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kenady
mesh_terms: D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome