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Treatment of head and neck cancer with photodynamic therapy: results after one year [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new and promising treatment modality for the treatment of malignant disease. This paper reports the preliminary experience of our group in the use of this therapy for the treatment of tumours arising in the head and neck ...
DeJode, ML   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rare Laryngeal Hamartoma: A Case Report

open access: yesActa Clinica Croatica, 2022
Hamartoma (from the Greek language, where hamartia means defect or an error and -oma denoting a tumor or neoplasm) is a benign tumor-like mass composed of mature tissue or cells that are present in abnormal proportions or show a disorganized ...
Karolina Veselski Krajinović   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent advances in managing differentiated thyroid cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The main clinical challenge in the management of thyroid cancer is to avoid over-treatment and over-diagnosis in patients with lower-risk disease while promptly identifying those patients with more advanced or high-risk disease requiring aggressive ...
Durante, Cosimo   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Complications after medullary thyroid carcinoma surgery: multicentre study of the SQRTPA and EUROCRINE® databases

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This study investigated postoperative complications after surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in Europe. Hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and bleeding requiring reoperation occurred in 170 (26·2 per cent), 62 (13·7 per cent) and 17 (2·6 per cent) patients respectively.
D.‐J. van Beek   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Service-based survey of dystonia in Munich [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
We performed a service-based epidemiological study of dystonia in Munich, Germany. Due to favourable referral and treatment patterns in the Munich area, we could provide confident data from dystonia patients seeking botulinum toxin treatment.
Ben-Shlomo, Y.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Pediatric thyroid disease: when is surgery necessary, and who should be operating on our children? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Surgical diseases of the thyroid in the pediatric population represent a diverse set of both benign and malignant conditions. Overall, incidence is rare.
Breuer, Christopher   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Solitary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Apex of Arytenoid: Endoscopic, CT, and Pathologic Findings [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2012
Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a rare plasma cell neoplasm that occurs mainly in the soft tissues of head and neck region, with the paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity and nasopharynx being the most common sites. Solitary EMP of the larynx is very rare
Kyung Soo Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic review and evidence synthesis of non-cervical human papillomavirus-related disease health systems costs and quality of life estimates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BACKGROUND: Many economic evaluations of human papillomavirus vaccination should ideally consider multiple disease outcomes, including anogenital warts, respiratory papillomatosis and non-cervical cancers (eg, anal, oropharyngeal, penile, vulvar and ...
Burns, L   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Follicular nodules (Thy3) of the thyroid: is total thyroidectomy the best option? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Identification of the best management strategy for nodules with Thy3 cytology presents particular problems for clinicians. This study investigates the ability of clinical, cytological and sonographic data to predict malignancy in ...
CALO', PIETRO GIORGIO   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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