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metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Monday 4 April 2016
metastatic HNSCC; metastatic HPV-associated HNSCC
Prognosis
In stage IV HNSCC, long-term survival is rare and DM is a significant predictor for mortality.
If patients developed DM, lung metastases had the most favourable prognosis, so intensified palliative treatment might be justified in DM limited to the lungs.
Treatment
surgery
radiotherapy
chemotherapy
targeted therapy
Open references
Long-term outcome and patterns of failure in patients with advanced head and neck cancer. Hauswald H, Simon C, Hecht S, Debus J, Lindel K. Radiat Oncol. 2011 Jun 10;6:70. doi : 10.1186/1748-717X-6-70 PMID: 21663634 (Free)