2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

Conclusions and take home mesage

The multimodal standard curative treatment of locally advanced SCCHN included radiation therapy (RT) and/or surgery and/or chemotherapy. With these classical modalities, we are at the maximal toxicity that our patients can tolerate.

Do not interrupt the RT treatment because this could impair the cancer prognosis.

Grade ¾ acute mucositis occurs in 41-73% of the patients treated with chemoradiation. - Basic oral care, antifungal and antibiotics, enteral feeding if indicated, and adequate hydratation are the basic treatment. f - Low energy level laser could be use ul.