Obstructive sleep apnea following treatment of head and neck cancer

February 1, 2007 by Thomas P. Stern, MD; Dennis Auckley, MD
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Abstract. A growing body of literature is suggesting that there is a link between head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy and the development of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). We describe the case of a 54-year-old man with a history of head and neck cancer whose OSAHS had gone undiagnosed for 3 years.

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