Referring back to Dr. Lore’s prophetic plea for added qualifications from a decade ago, Dr. Weber recommended that physicians, medical organizations, and associations must work to solve these problems concerning quality and safety in head and neck cancer care. Failure to take the lead in assuring outstanding training for head and neck cancer specialists and developing treatment centers with a well-defined multidisciplinary treatment team, while at the same time avoiding the proliferation of inadequate patient management efforts, will lead to the external imposition of standards that may not be in the patient’s best interests.
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October 2007We have an obligation to develop these quality standards and to ensure that our patients with head and neck cancer receive the best care available that will provide the optimum change for survival and functional restoration.
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Reference
- Lore, JM Jr. Dabbling in head and neck oncology (a plea for added qualifications). Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1987;113(11):1165-8.
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