Current concepts in the management of oral cancer.
For patients diagnosed with oral cancer, treatment may involve surgery or radiotherapy alone, or a combination of the two. Where radiotherapy is the sole modality, the addition of chemotherapy may be beneficial, particularly with advanced tumours. If the treatment is surgery, this may involve extensive microsurgical reconstruction. Follow up of treated patients should be rigorous and, ideally, quality of life should be measured.
Lyons
Andrew
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Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods