Diagnostic procedures in head and neck cancer.
Accurate, methodical diagnostic work up and staging are of the most importance in the treatment of Head and Neck tumours. It allows an initial multidisciplinary decision making, giving the patient the best chance of curation, with the least morbidity. In this paper the authors try to give a generally accepted work-up and try to get in to some of the newer techniques.
Van Laer
C
C
Dep. of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Antwerp.
Van de Heyning
P
P
Hamans
E
E
Verfaillie
J
J
Van den Hauwe
L
L
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination