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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Preoperative Radiochemotherapy and Radical Surgery of Advanced Head and Neck Cancers — Results of a Prospective, Multicenter DÖSAK Study

Hausamen JeMohr CHirche HJ. ReutherH. ScheunemannHärle FMolls MM. ThelenD. SchettlerRenner KhBohndorf WSack HGremmel H

subject

Oncologymedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryMultimodality TreatmentHead and neck tumorsOral cavityHomogeneousInternal medicinemedicineObservational studyRadical surgeryTumor node metastasisbusinessHead and neck

description

Present research concerning the efficiacy of therapeutic strategies for squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity and the oropharynx profits from former observational studies. The so-called retrospective German, Austrian, and Swiss Association for Head and Neck Tumors (DOSAK) study (Platz et al. 1986) served to review existing proposals for classification (UICC 1973, 1978; AJC 1978) and to develop a statistical classification which enables the head and neck oncologist to define prognostically homogeneous patient collectives. The treatment-dependent prognostic index (TPI) was the corresponding result (Platz et al. 1982).

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1994-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84971-8_17