title: Neurologic complications of head and neck cancers.
abstract: Despite the physical proximity of head and neck cancers to neurologic structures there have been few reviews of the neurologic complications of these cancers. This article reviews the neurologic manifestations of primary cancers of the head and neck and the complications that may arise as a result of tumor invasion, surgery and reconstruction, and radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Division of Neurological Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. robert.aiken@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Aiken
mesh_terms: D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000009:adverse effects; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*