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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