Treatment Outcome for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Developing Country: University Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia from 2003-2010

• Main Authors: Wong, Y.F., Yusof, M.M., Ishak, W.Z.W., Alip, A., Phua, V.C.E.
• Format: Article
• Published: Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19433/; http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.7.2903

Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the eighth most common cancer as estimated from worldwide data. The incidence of HNC in Peninsular Malaysia was reported as 8.5 per 100,000 population. This study was aimed to determine the treatment outcomes for HNC patients treated in the Oncology Unit of...