[Clinical and paraclinical follow-up after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer]. / Suivi clinique et paraclinique après radiothérapie pour un cancer des voies aérodigestives supérieures.
Cancer Radiother
; 19(6-7): 597-602, 2015 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Head and neck cancer management often involves heavy multimodal treatments including radiotherapy. Despite the improvement of intensity-modulated radiation therapy, acute and late toxicities remain important. After such treatment, patients have to face different potential problems, depending on the post-therapeutic delay. In this way, short-term follow-up permits to appreciate the healing of acute toxicities and response to treatment. Long-term follow-up aims to recognize second primitive tumours and distant failure, and to detect and manage late toxicities. Medical and psychosocial supportive cares are essential, even after several years of complete remission. The objective of this article is to review the modalities of short-term and long-term follow-up of patients who receive a radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Fr
Revista:
Cancer Radiother
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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RADIOTERAPIA
Año:
2015
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Article