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Table 63 Patient criteria of included studies focusing on the use of HBOT in head and neck cancer.<br />

First Author and Year of<br />

Publication<br />

Patient Criteria<br />

Whittle 1990 99 Patients with glottic cancer<br />

Henk 1986 100 Histologically confirmed cancer of squamous origin in the head and neck.<br />

Exclusions: patients with early disease and a good prognosis, e.g. T1 and T2 carcinoma of<br />

the larynx and T1N0 carcinoma at other sites.<br />

Sealy 1986 101 Patients with locally advanced previously untreated squamous carcinoma of the mouth or<br />

fixed neck nodes.<br />

Berry 1979 102 Patients with squamous carcinoma of the maxillary antrum, tongue, oropharynx, mouth,<br />

laryngopharynx and larynx.<br />

Sause 1979 103 Patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the upper air and digestive passages.<br />

Exclusions: patients with early lesions of the vocal cord.<br />

Chang 1973 104 Patients with previously untreated, biopsy proved, squamous cell carcinoma of the<br />

oropharynx<br />

Churchill-Davidson<br />

1973 105<br />

Patients with squamous carcinoma of the head and neck with secondary neck nodes.<br />

Exclusions: patients with primary carcinoma of the nasopharynx, proven distant metastases,<br />

concurrent medical conditions contraindicated to HBOT (e.g. hypertension, etc.), advanced<br />

age.<br />

Shigamatsu 1973 106 Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary sinus.<br />

Exclusions: patients older than 70 years, haemoglobin

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