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We present our method for treatment and follow up in patients with head and neck cancer. We have modified Laennec's Hospital Protocole (Paris), and afterwards we have developed a new computerized database system.
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Bases de Datos Factuales , Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello/epidemiología , Oncología Médica , Sistemas de Registros Médicos Computarizados , Control de Formularios y Registros , Humanos , España/epidemiología , Encuestas y CuestionariosRESUMEN
To evaluate the ototoxicity of CDDP an audiological study was made to 18 patients, treated with this drug, for 4 cycles. The audiological test was made at the beginning of treatment, after the cycles and the end of it. The ototoxicity was found in 50% of the patients.
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Cisplatino/efectos adversos , Pérdida Auditiva/inducido químicamente , Anciano , Audiometría , Umbral Auditivo , Humanos , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
114 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) have been studied in HCU of Salamanca during a ten years period (1977-1987). Fifty seven of them had a head and neck location. According to this we divided this group of patients in primary or secondary sitting in relation to the head and neck affectation. We also distinguish which are the most frequently involved areas; lymph nodes and extranodal presentations, divided into Waldeyer's and no-Waldeyer's one. We present the clinical features and first affects symptoms. Histological materials was reviewed by a pathologist and a diagnosis aspect according to the working formulation of the National Cancer Institute for the NHL.