[Head and neck cancer in the elderly-current aspects].

CONCLUSION: Pretreatment risk stratification of geriatric patients with head and neck malignancies is of high relevance for the individual decision for or against invasive treatment, but the currently available evidence is limited. This paper is based on a systematic literature review and provides a clinical algorithm for otorhinolaryngologists and head and neck surgeons. PMID: 31912168 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31912168?dopt=Abstract

Source: HNO - January 9, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: HNO Source Type: research

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