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A trial looking at the treatment of local cancer spread in head and neck cancers

Overview

Cancer types:

Head and neck cancers, Laryngeal cancer, Mouth and oropharyngeal cancer, Nasal and paranasal sinus cancer , Nasopharyngeal cancer, Pharyngeal cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared surgery to remove lymph nodes in squamous cell cancers of the head and neck with a ‘watch and wait’ policy using PET-CT scanning.

Recruitment start: 2 October 2007

Recruitment end: 23 August 2012

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Hisham Mehanna

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

University of Warwick

Last reviewed: 10 August 2016

CRUK internal database number: 1086

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