title: Diagnostic procedures in head and neck cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dep. of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Antwerp.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Laer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van de Heyning
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hamans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verfaillie
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van den Hauwe
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination