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CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES : HEAD AND NECK CANCERS  [Français]

  1. The role of amifostine as a radioprotectant in the management of patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer, 2003 (reviewed 2004)
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  2. Chemotherapy with radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer : a clinical practice guideline, revised 2004
    [full text - pdf]
    [systematic review - pdf]
    [guideline development, external review, methods, and results - pdf]

  3. Combined modality radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the non-surgical management of localized carcinoma of the esophagus, revised 2003
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  4. Hyperfractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, revised 2003
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  5. Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for resectable esophageal cancer, revised 2005
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  6. The role of Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (excluding nasopharynx), revised 2003
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  7. The role of Porfimer Sodium (Photofrin TM) in the ablation of high-grade dysplasia associated with Barrett's esophagus, 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  8. The role of Porfimer Sodium (Photofrin TM) in the palliative treatment of esophageal cancer, 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]

  9. The role of postoperative chemoradiotherapy for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck : a clinical practice guideline : section 1, 2004
    [full text - pdf]
    [systematic review - pdf]
    [guideline development and external review : methods and results - pdf]

  10. Symptomatic treatment of radiation-induced xerostomia in head and neck cancer patients, revised 2002 (reviewed 2004)
    [full text - pdf]
    [quick reference - pdf]


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Last updated: 01 April 2008