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MHNCS
Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium
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Few responses with or without guidance in small first step for "personalized" treatment
Local control in 91% of cases at 1 year in small prospective trial
One first-line regimen led to worse OS, while another offers an additional option
High response rate with oncolytic virus plus immunotherapy in cutaneous lesions
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Chemoradiation plus the targeted agent zalutumumab failed to improve disease control or survival in patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer, a finding that leads this roundup of news from the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.
PHOENIX -- Patients with head and neck cancer had substantial sparing of oral mucosa when they used custom-made dental stents to shield normal tissue from radiation therapy, data from a small clinical series showed.
PHOENIX -- Osteoradionecrosis of the jaw occurred more than twice as often in patients treated for oral cancer as reported in the literature, according to a population-based study.
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