Clinical Oncology
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 868-873 , December 2010

The Value of Periodic Follow-up in the Detection of Recurrences after Radical Treatment in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

  • C.J. Flynn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • N. Khaouam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, CHUM – Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • S. Gardner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • K. Higgins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • D. Enepekides

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • J. Balogh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • R. MacKenzie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • S. Singh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • J. Davidson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • I. Poon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence: I. Poon, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Odette Cancer Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5. Tel: +1-416-480-4951; Fax: +1-416-480-6002.

Received 19 June 2009 ,Revised 14 April 2010 ,Accepted 12 May 2010.

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PII: S0936-6555(10)00188-3

doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.05.016

Clinical Oncology
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 868-873 , December 2010

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