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Study identifies care steps that start head and neck cancer patients on lifesaving treatment sooner

For patients with advanced head and neck cancer, surgery is often the first step in treatment.

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For patients with advanced head and neck cancer, surgery is often the first step in treatment. Many also need radiation therapy to destroy remaining cancer cells and reduce the risk that their cancer will return. Starting radiation within six weeks of surgery gives patients the best chance of beating their cancer. But for more than half of patients nationwi…

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