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Head and Neck Cancers [PDF]

Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2011
Overview This shortened version of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Head and Neck (H&N) Cancers addresses tumors arising in the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and nasopharynx (see Figure 1).1 Other types of H&N cancer (e.g., lip, larynx, paranasal sinus, salivary gland, mucosal melanoma, and occult primary ...
Frank Worden, William M. Lydiatt, Merrill S. Kies, Sharon A. Spencer, Ying J. Hitchcock, Jill Gilbert, David E. Schuller, David W. Eisele, Renato G. Martins, Wesley L. Hicks, John A. Ridge, Frank Dunphy, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Robert I. Haddad, Andy Trotti, Gregory T. Wolf, Maura L. Gillison, Barbara Burtness, Ellie Maghami, Harlan A. Pinto, David M. Brizel, Anthony J. Cmelak, Jatin P. Shah, Sandeep Samant, Bharat B. Mittal, K. Kian Ang, Giuseppe Sanguineti, David G. Pfister, Bruce H. Haughey, Thomas V. McCaffrey, Randal S. Weber   +30 more
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Demographics and access to head and neck cancer care in rural areas compared to urban areas in Germany

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background Demographic development in rural and urban areas differs substantially. Demographics and access to specialized head and neck cancer centers may affect head and neck cancer patients' (HNCP) outcomes.
Julius M. Vahl, Gabriele Nagel, Ayla Grages, Matthias Brand, Adrian vonWitzleben, Michael Sonntag, Marie‐Nicole Theodoraki, Jens Greve, Tsima Aboukors, Michael Denkinger, Dhayana Dallmeier, Christian Idel, Thomas K. Hoffmann, Simon Laban   +13 more
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The roles of extracellular vesicles in the development, microenvironment, anticancer drug resistance, and therapy of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2021
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the main malignant tumours affecting human health, mainly due to delayed diagnosis and high invasiveness.
Xueying Wang, Junnan Guo, Pingyang Yu, Lunhua Guo, Xionghui Mao, Junrong Wang, Susheng Miao, Ji Sun   +7 more
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Herpesviruses in Head and Neck Cancers [PDF]

Viruses, 2019
Head and neck cancers arise from mucosa lining the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, sinonasal tract, and nasopharynx and the etiology of head and neck cancers is complex and involves many factors, among which oncogenic viruses are also enumerated. Nevertheless, this type of cancers are among the most common cancers around the world.
Mikołaj Wołącewicz, Rafał Becht, Ewelina Grywalska, Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej   +3 more
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Head and neck cancer

The Lancet, 2008
Most head and neck cancers are squamous cell carcinomas that develop in the upper aerodigestive epithelium after exposure to carcinogens such as tobacco and alcohol. Human papillomavirus has also been strongly implicated as a causative agent in a subset of these cancers. The complex anatomy and vital physiological role of the tumour-involved structures
Athanassios Argiris, Michalis V. Karamouzis, David Raben, Robert L. Ferris   +3 more
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Comparison of surgical outcomes between patients undergoing trans-oral endoscopic thyroid surgery combined with trans-thoracoareolar approach and conventional open surgery

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
Over the past decades, remote-access thyroid surgery has been widely developed in the treatment of thyroid carcinoma, which can help patients to avoid cosmetically displeasing scarring.
Youyuan Shi, Lu Zhang, Chang Liu, Yong Wang, Hailin Zhang, Xiuan Lin   +5 more
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BRAIN METASTASES FROM HEAD AND NECK CANCER

Romanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
Aim of the study The aim of the study is to illustrate MRI characteristics of secondary brain lesions from head and neck tumors. The primary objective is to identify specific features of this subtype of BMs, the secondary objective is to analyze the ...
Daniela Pomohaci, Danisia Haba, Mihaela-Roxana Popescu, Bogdan Ionut Dobrovat, Diana Andreea Ilinca, Costin Chirica, Emilia Adriana Marciuc, Daniel Marciuc, Oriana Oniciuc   +8 more
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Loss of PIM1 correlates with progression and prognosis of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC)

Cancer Cell International, 2018
Background Increasing evidence indicates that PIM1 is a potential prognostic marker and target for cancer treatment but its precise mechanisms of action remain to be determined in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC).
Jiajie Xu, Xin Zhu, Qingling Li, Chao Chen, Zhenying Guo, Zhuo Tan, Chuanming Zheng, Minghua Ge   +7 more
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Head and Neck Cancer [PDF]

Acta Oncologica, 1996
This synthesis of the literature on radiotherapy for head and neck cancer is based on 424 scientific articles, including 3 meta-analyses, 38 randomized studies, 45 prospective studies, and 246 retrospective studies. These studies involve 79174 patients. The literature review shows that radiotherapy, either alone or in combination with surgery, plays an
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CANCER OF THE HEAD AND NECK

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1948
III. CANCER OF THE LARYNX Anatomically the larynx extends from the tip of the epiglottis to the inferior margin of the cricoid cartilage, and the term cancer of the larynx, therefore, includes all malignant growths arising in the epiglottis, the aryepiglottic folds, the arytenoids, the ventricular bands, the ventricles, the vocal cords, the subglottic
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