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The program provides a coordinated approach to
diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer, including the
benefit of care options developed by a multidisciplinary team.
Psychosocial support for patients and families also is stressed.
During an individual session with an otolaryngologist, a physical
examination will be performed, which may include a number of
diagnostic procedures, which are recommended by The American
Cancer Society. These include:
Surgery -combined with radiation therapy - is usually the most
effective method of treating head and neck cancers. Advanced
cases are usually treated with chemotherapy following surgery.
Learn more about surgery
here.
Additionally, patients seen through
the Head and Neck Cancer Program have access to many innovative
clinical trials, including Phase I, II and III trials of the
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, a national cancer study research
group funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), as well
as NCI and early-phase protocols developed through research conduced
at the Leon Hess Cancer Center.
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