Head and neck oncology--1985. Reflections on changing times.

The field of head and neck oncology is keeping pace with the dramatic shift in cancer treatment modalities occurring during this period of medical history. Having achieved a level of surgical elegance, the head and neck oncologist has the future to rely upon for more biological methods of management of this disease. Biochemistry, immunology, and virology occupy much of the research interest pertaining to malignancies of these body systems and it is within this research that the answers will probably be found.