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Toxicity and Quality of Life After Locoregional Radiotherapy in Patients With Thyroid Cancer

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Locoregional external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is selectively used in thyroid cancer patients to induce locoregional control. However, despite technological advances, EBRT remains associated with toxicities. We evaluated thyroid‐cancer specific toxicities and long‐term Quality of Life (QoL) post‐EBRT.
Job W. van den End, Eline C. Jager, Hans H. G. Verbeek, Edwin Oldehinkel, Liesbeth Jansen, Adrienne H. Brouwers, Wouter T. Zandee, Schelto Kruijff, Thera P. Links   +8 more
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Expanding Scope of Practice for Ontario Optometrists

Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, 2017
In 2011, The Optometry Act, 1991 was amended to include The Designated Drugs and Standards of Practice Regulation which expanded the scope of practice for Ontario optometrists to include prescribing privileges from a specific list of drugs.
Emily Bray, Ivy Bourgault
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Management of Clinically Node‐Negative Salivary Gland Cancer: Observation, Neck Dissection, or Neck Irradiation?

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Salivary gland malignancies are heterogeneous tumors with highly variable outcomes. Elective neck management options include observation, neck dissection (ND), and neck irradiation (NI). We sought to compare outcomes of cN0 salivary gland cancer by elective neck management.
Evelyn O. Ilori, Neil M. Woody, Bryan B. Hair, Lisa Rybicki, Eric D. Lamarre, Jamie Ahn Ku, Brandon Prendes, Joseph Scharpf, Brian B. Burkey, Shlomo A. Koyfman, Shauna R. Campbell   +10 more
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A vision for optometry in Oman

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Optometry is no longer an emerging profession in the global context. According to World Council of Optometry (WCO), “Optometry is a healthcare profession that is autonomous, educated, and regulated (licensed/registered), and Optometrists are the primary healthcare practitioners of the eye and visual system who provide comprehensive eye and vision care..
openaire   +4 more sources

Oncological Feasibility of Limited Neck Dissection in cN0 Supraglottic Laryngeal Cancer

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a significant portion of head and neck cancers, with the management of clinically negative necks (cN0) through selective neck dissection (SND) being debated due to potential morbidities and low metastasis rates in levels IIb and IV.
Sara Bassani, Giacomo Papi, Filippo Marani, Riccardo Nocini, Valentina Campagnari, Filippo Marchi, Marco Lionello, Chiara Varago, Alberto Paderno, Erika Crosetti, Francesco Mattioli, Edoardo Serafini, Matteo Fermi, Alessandro Rosti, Gerardo Petruzzi, Flaminia Campo, Elisa Bellini, Alberto Vito Marcuzzo, Chiara Angela Mineo, Giuseppe Mercante, Armando De Virgilio, Leone Giordano, Andrea Galli, Giuditta Mannelli, Luca Mazzetti, Gaetano Paludetti, Giorgia Rossi, Karol Zeleník, Daniel Marin Ramos, Rogèrio Aparecido Dedivitis, Giovanni Succo, Giancarlo Tirelli, Mario Bussi, Raul Pellini, Jacopo Galli, Giuseppe Spriano, Daniele Monzani, Giorgio Peretti, Andy Bertolin, Cesare Piazza, Daniele Marchioni, Livio Presutti, Gabriele Molteni   +42 more
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An observational study of trait and state fatigue, and their relation to cognitive fatigability and saccade performance

Concussion, 2019
Aim: Different fatigue measurements and their relation to saccadic functions were investigated in 15 patients with a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and 15 orthopedic controls.
Marika C Möller, Jan Johansson, Giedre Matuseviciene, Tony Pansell, Catharina Nygren Deboussard   +4 more
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Clinico‐Pathological Significance of Tumor Infiltrating Immune Cells in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma—Hope or Hype?

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To correlate between immunohistochemical expression of tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs), and natural killer (NK) cells with the AJCC 8th edition TNM staging system and other disease‐modifying clinico‐pathological variables.
Rajkumar K. Seenivasagam, Ashok Singh, Vinay N. Gowda, Dharma R. Poonia, Kinjal S. Majumdar, Thaduri Abhinav, Pallvi Kaul, Achyuth Panuganti, Vikramjit S. Kailey, Rahul Kumar, Nilotpal Chowdhury   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oncogenic Human Papillomaviruses Drive One‐Third of Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Are Not Mutually Exclusive for Gene Mutations

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The detection rate of oncogenic human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in sinonasal squamous cell carcinomas (SNSCCs) varies among studies. The mutational landscape of SNSCCs remains poorly investigated. Methods We investigated the prevalence and prognostic significance of HPV infections based on p16 protein expression, HPV‐DNA detection ...
Maxime Henrion, Valérie Costes‐Martineau, Ignacio González Bravo, Nathalie Boulle, Jérôme Solassol, Julie Vendrell, Renaud Garrel, Aude Trinquet, Vanessa Lacheretz‐Szablewski   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Correlations between Headaches and Refractive Errors in an Optometry Clinic Sample

British and Irish Orthoptic Journal
Background & Aim: The optometrist is often one of the professionals patients consult when they have headaches. The limitations inherent in previous studies on the topic limit the utilization of their findings. Therefore, the aim of conducting the present
Samuel Otabor Wajuihian
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Risk Stratification for Trial Enrichment Considering Loco‐Regional Failure in Head and Neck Cancer: UICC8 Versus Purpose‐Built Failure‐Type Specific Risk Prediction Model

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background A previously published failure‐type specific risk model showed good performance in the original cohort. Aim: to validate the model and separate patients with high‐ and low‐risk loco‐regional failure (LRF). Goal: to identify patients potentially suitable for treatment intensification trials. Methods Validation data: 756 patients from
Katrin Håkansson, Daha Hassan Muse, Anna Bäck, Jacob H. Rasmussen, Anne Marie Lindegaard, Lena Specht, Jeppe Friborg, Hedda Haugen Cange, Ivan R. Vogelius   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source