Not Signed In - Combination Therapy Spares Some Head And Neck Patients From Surgery
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:00 AM EST
... Giving patients with head and neck cancer a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy controls the cancer and allows many patients to avoid additional surgery to the neck, according to a study presented at the plenary session today at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Rancho Mirage, Calif. [click link for full article] ...
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