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Salvage Surgery in Post-radiotherapy/Chemoradiation in Carcinoma of the Larynx and Hypopharynx

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Radiotherapy alone is the standard care of treatment for early disease of the larynx and hypopharynx. Similarly, cisplatin-based chemoradiation is an established treatment strategy for organ preservation in select moderately advanced lesions [1–4]. However, nearly 40% of cases are diagnosed with residual or recurrent locoregional disease after chemoradiation [5].

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Bahadur, S. (2019). Salvage Surgery in Post-radiotherapy/Chemoradiation in Carcinoma of the Larynx and Hypopharynx. In: Bahadur, S., Thakar, A., Mohanti, B. (eds) Carcinoma of the Larynx and Hypopharynx . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3110-7_13

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