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Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for shoulder and neck dysfunction after neck dissection: a systematic review [PDF]
Introduction Shoulder pain and dysfunction may occur following neck dissection among people being treated for head and neck cancer. This systematic review aims to examine the prevalence and incidence of shoulder and neck dysfunction after neck ...
Cottrell, MA+6 more
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Background Shoulder dysfunction is common after neck dissection for head and neck cancer (HNC). Brief electrical stimulation (BES) is a novel technique that has been shown to enhance neuronal regeneration after nerve injury by modulating the brain ...
Brittany Barber+11 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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THE CONSERVATION NECK DISSECTION [PDF]
This study compares the neck tumor recurrence rate between patients treated with radical neck dissection and those treated with conservation neck dissection. A standard radical neck dissection modified by sparing at least the internal jugular vein or the spinal accessory nerve is defined as a conservation dissection.
Michael Friedman+4 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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Elective versus Therapeutic Neck Dissection in Node-Negative Oral Cancer.
BACKGROUND Whether patients with early-stage oral cancers should be treated with elective neck dissection at the time of the primary surgery or with therapeutic neck dissection after nodal relapse has been a matter of debate.
A. D'cruz+17 more
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Interventions for the treatment of oral and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Surgery is an important part of the management of oral cavity cancer with regard to both the removal of the primary tumour and removal of lymph nodes in the neck. Surgery is less frequently used in oropharyngeal cancer.
Bessell, A+9 more
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PET-CT Surveillance versus Neck Dissection in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer.
BACKGROUND The role of image-guided surveillance as compared with planned neck dissection in the treatment of patients with squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck who have advanced nodal disease (stage N2 or N3) and who have received ...
H. Mehanna+17 more
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