Certain head and neck cancer patients benefit from second round of treatment
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
A new study has determined predictors that can better identify patients who will benefit from a potentially toxic second course of treatment, which offers a small but real chance of cure in select patients with head and neck cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings could help guide treatment decisions for head and neck cancer patients.