Muhimbili National Hospital – Mloganzila

Survival of the patients treated for Head and Neck Cancer in a Low resource Country-Retrospective st

Dr. Lulu L. Sakafu MD Mmed RAD, PhD (CONSULTANT RADIOLOGIST)

About: Worldwide Head and Neck cancer- HNC is the 6th most frequent cancer, with an estimated world incidence of over 600,000 new cases per year and 300,000 deaths yearly. Despite successful primary therapy of advanced local and regional disease, 50-60 % of head and neck cancer patients die from local recurrences, while 20 – 30 % of them die from distant metastases, and 10 – 40 % die from secondary malignancy due to treatment Download

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