TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Head & Neck Squamous Cell Cancer A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Curable in 80% of cases when detected at an early stage• Most patients present with locoregional spread• Most important causative agents are tobacco and alcohol• A lesion that appears 3 years after a previous cancer is considered a new primary cancer• Potential sites include: -Oral cavity-Bucca-Mucosa-Hard palate-Tongue-Tonsil-Oropharynx-Hypopharynx-Nasopharynx-Paranasal sinus-Larynx-Glottis-False vocal cords-External auditory canal SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58111681 ER -