Advancing Care for Head and Neck Cancers in a Multidisciplinary Tumour Board in the East

Managing head and neck cancers is an excellent example of the importance of teamwork, with head and neck surgeons, clinical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists and other allied health professionals specialised in this disease site working together. The reliable imaging and dedicated pretreatment work-up entailing the comprehensive anatomical description of tumour involvement by the radiologists, the expertise of surgeons in performing en-bloc gross tumour resection, the uneventful speedy postoperative rehabilitation and recovery by the speech therapists and nutritionists, as well as the dedicated treatment planning of clinical oncologists in delivering precise preoperative or postoperative (chemo)radiotherapy to maximise the therapeutic potentials are the pillars of treatment success.

Source: Clinical Oncology - July 4, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: V.H.F. Lee, J.Y.W. Chan, V. Vardhanabhuti, D.L.W. Kwong, T.W. Leung, S.Y. Chan, C.C. Tong, Z.Y. Xu, L. Shen, A.W.M. Lee Tags: Overview Source Type: research