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Radiation and Systemic Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer
Key Points 1. Radiation therapy (RT) uses ionizing radiation to locally treat cancers, while systemic therapy uses cytotoxic chemotherapy or molecular targeted biologics to systemically treat cancers. 2. Compared to surgical treatment of head and neck (HN) cancers, radiation potentially…