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Review
. 2002 Oct 12;325(7368):822-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7368.822.

Squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

R J Sanderson  1 , J A D Ironside
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Review

Squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

R J Sanderson et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Patients undergoing head and neck irradiation are immobilised in a beam direction shell which has been vacuum formed over a plaster mould of the patient's head and neck. This allows for accuracy and reproducibility of the treatment set up, and where possible irradiation to normal tissues is kept to a minimum by a system of multileaf collimators (lead shields)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Nodal groups
Figure 3
Figure 3
Oral cancers are common in Asia. One cause is chewing betel nuts, with the site of the cancer related to the site at which the nut is chewed
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