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Review
. 2017 Jun;18(6):38.
doi: 10.1007/s11864-017-0475-z.

Trends in Surgical Research in Head and Neck Cancer

Genrich Tolstonog  1 , Christian Simon  2
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Review

Trends in Surgical Research in Head and Neck Cancer

Genrich Tolstonog et al. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

The task of surgical research is to improve the efficacy of available surgical therapeutic modalities, develop new ones, and balance this well with favorable functional outcome. Therefore, surgical research is composed of a translational and a clinical component. In translational surgical research, animal models are used to better understand the biology of head and neck cancers, but even more importantly, the biology of changes to the disease and the microenvironment created by surgical interventions. Animal models additionally allow for the development of image-guided surgery systems, novel strategies of intraoperative adjuvant treatment, and patient "avatars" to test innovative anticancer drug combinations. In clinical surgical research, surgical techniques are validated in clinical trials for effectiveness of tumor control and improvement of functional recovery of the patient. In conclusion, surgical research for head and neck cancer is an active field spanning across the entire breadth of basic and clinical science devoted to a better understanding of what surgery does to the disease and to the patient.

Keywords: Animal models; Clinical trials; HNSCC; Head and neck cancer; Translational research.

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