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NED survival in head and neck cancer

(Post-mortem correlations)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. A. Narula ,
C. J. Padfield ,
D.A.L. Morgan ,
K. A. MacLennan  and
P. J. Bradley
A. A. Narula
Affiliation:
Combined Head & Neck Oncology Clinic, Dept of Otolaryngology, University of Nottingham.
C. J. Padfield
Affiliation:
Combined Head & Neck Oncology Clinic, Dept of Otolaryngology, University of Nottingham.
D.A.L. Morgan
Affiliation:
Combined Head & Neck Oncology Clinic, Dept of Otolaryngology, University of Nottingham.
K. A. MacLennan
Affiliation:
Combined Head & Neck Oncology Clinic, Dept of Otolaryngology, University of Nottingham.
P. J. Bradley
Affiliation:
Combined Head & Neck Oncology Clinic, Dept of Otolaryngology, University of Nottingham.
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Abstract

A common feature of reporting head and neck squamous cancer statistics in recent years has been to consider patients dying with no evident disease (NED) as successfully treated. We present two patients who died with no clinically evident squamous cancer and who could therefore have been reported as cured but for autopsy findings which showed significant distant spread. These findings are supported by several reports of distant metastases in squamous head and neck cancer and it is suggested that rates of post-mortem examinations be included in survival figures in the future.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , February 1988 , pp. 194 - 197
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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