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Decades of Experience in the Management of Head and Neck Cancer at the University of PennsylvaniaThe Center for Head and Neck Cancer team meets weekly and all patients are presented prior to treatment. Our approach is to recommend the best treatment for each patient, either surgical or non-surgical. In addition, since our clinicians have a combined experience of many decades treating patients with primary chemoradiation as well as primary surgical approaches we bring to the table a unique ability to figure out which patients, with which cancers, would most benefit from surgical versus non-surgical approaches. The overall approach is to focus on cancer control while optimizing functional (speech and swallowing) and cosmetic outcome. At times, in our experience, surgery is the superior option for cancers of the oral cavity, oropharynx , hypopharynx and larynx for both cancer control and better functional outcome. This is accomplished with the judicious use of a variety of surgical approaches, such as endoscopic laser approaches, transoral robotic surgery (TORS) utilizing the da vinci surgical system, supracricoid partial laryngectomy, well as state of the art free flap reconstructions. The members of our team also have special expertise in the management of all benign and cancerous tumors of all sites in the head and neck including:
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