Neck dissection improves the prognosis of patients with early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma [PDF]
For early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), the primary treatment modality generally entails surgical resection. However, the role of neck dissection in early-stage OSCC remains controversial.
Yungang He +5 more
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Guidelines from the Brazilian society of surgical oncology regarding indications and technical aspects of neck dissection in papillary, follicular, and medullary thyroid cancers [PDF]
Objective: The purpose of these guidelines is to provide specific recommendations for the surgical treatment of neck metastases in patients with papillary, follicular, and medullary thyroid carcinomas.
Terence Farias +10 more
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common malignant tumor in the oral and maxillofacial regions. Cervical lymph node metastasis is not only an important biological behavior of oral cancer but also an important factor affecting the prognosis ...
CHEN Zhen, ZHANG Wenbo, PENG Xin
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Increasing thyroid cancer rate and the extent of thyroid surgery in Korea. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: It is evident that the rate of thyroid cancer is increasing throughout the world. One reason is increased detection of preclinical small cancers.
Myung-Whun Sung +5 more
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Introduction Selective neck dissection in clinically node-negative neck is considered the standard of care for oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). Controversy still prevails in node-positive disease regarding the extent of neck dissection.
Syed Salman Hashmi +7 more
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Endoscope-assisted retrosigmoid approach in hemifacial spasm: our experience
Introduction: The use of surgical decompression of facial hemispasm due to the loop in the internal auditory canal is not always accepted due to the risk related to the surgical procedure.
Giampietro Ricci +6 more
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Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma: does primary melanoma site correlate with anatomic distribution of pathologically involved lymph nodes? [PDF]
The aim of this study was to analyse patterns of metastatic spread from cutaneous head and neck melanoma, which are said to be highly variable.
Lukšić, Ivica +3 more
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Is elective neck dissection necessary in cases of laryngeal recurrence after previous radiotherapy for early glottic cancer? [PDF]
To assess the clinical utility of elective neck dissection in node-negative recurrent laryngeal carcinoma after curative radiotherapy for initial early glottic cancer.A retrospective review was undertaken of 110 consecutive early glottic cancer patients ...
A. Deganello +6 more
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Background Practice variability exists for the extent of neck dissection undertaken for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) metastatic to the lateral neck nodes, with disagreement over routine level V dissection.
Jason J. Xu +15 more
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Indications and outcomes of superselective neck dissection: A review and analysis of the literature
Superselective neck dissection, defined as dissection of two or less contiguous neck levels, has recently been introduced to reduce surgical morbidity of neck dissection while maintaining favorable oncologic outcomes.
Avanti Verma, Amy Y. Chen
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