title: [Routine follow-up in patients treated of head and neck cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the usefulness of routine follow-up in group of patients with head and neck cancer and to present the recommended schedule taking into consideration the oncological safety and costefectivness.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Retrospective cohort study with follow-up of 3 years for all patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Outpatient Department in 2010 there were examined 3012 patients treated of head and neck cancer. The biggest group comprised patients with larynx and oral cavity cancer. During routine ENT examination 70% of recurrences was detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with head and neck cancer routine follow up is indispensable. Introduced modern schedules make the monitoring work-up shorter and more sensible, although the benefit in improving patients survival is doubtful.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Otolaryngologii UM, w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wierzbicka
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Waśniewska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jackowska
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leszczyńska
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szyfter
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies