Evaluation of A Post-Treatment Follow-Up Program in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma [PDF]
Objectives The duration and the frequency of follow-up after treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma are not standardized in the current literature.
Guentsch, Arndt +5 more
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Cancer of the Oral Cavity [PDF]
Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Although early diagnosis is relatively easy, presentation with advanced disease is not uncommon. The standard of care is primary surgical resection with or without postoperative adjuvant therapy. Improvements in surgical techniques combined with the routine use of postoperative
Pablo H, Montero, Snehal G, Patel
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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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Mucosal nasopharyngeal melanoma is a rare head and neck melanoma. Prognosis is poor (5-year overall survival rate of 10–30%) with high rates of metastases and local recurrence. Head and neck mucosal melanoma represents 0.8–3.7% of all melanomas and 0.03%
Calvieri, Stefano +4 more
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The incidence and risk of developing a second primary esophageal cancer in patients with oral and pharyngeal carcinoma: a population-based study in Taiwan over a 25 year period [PDF]
Background The incidence of oral and pharyngeal (including oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx) carcinoma increases rapidly in Asia and South Pacific because of betel quid chewing.
Kuan-Der Lee +7 more
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The dynamics of gene expression changes in a mouse model of oral tumorigenesis may help refine prevention and treatment strategies in patients with oral cancer. [PDF]
A better understanding of the dynamics of molecular changes occurring during the early stages of oral tumorigenesis may help refine prevention and treatment strategies.
Bertolus, Chloé +14 more
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A local mechanism by which alcohol consumption causes cancer [PDF]
Epidemiological data indicate that 5.8% of cancer deaths world-wide are attributable to alcohol consumption. The risk of cancer is higher in tissues in closest contact on ingestion of alcohol, such as the oral cavity, pharynx and esophagus.
López Lázaro, Miguel
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Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer:chemotherapy [PDF]
<b>Background:</b> Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers are frequently described as part of a group of oral cancers or head and neck cancer. Treatment of oral cavity cancer is generally surgery followed by radiotherapy, whereas oropharyngeal
Abdel Wahab +337 more
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Malignant lymphoma during childhood and adolescence.Implications for oral health in longterm survivors [PDF]
Malignant lymphomas are among the most common types of cancer in children and adolecents. Recent advances in the treatment of these malignancies in children have resulted in more lomg term survivors (LTSs) of these types of cancer. This has also resulted
Draganova, Zhenya, Ed-Dahbi, Lobna
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Salivary Biomarkers for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis and Follow-Up: Current Status and Perspectives [PDF]
Oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer type in the world, and 90% of it is represented by oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Despite progress in preventive and therapeutic strategies, delay in OSCC diagnosis remains one of the major causes of high
Campisi, Giuseppina +5 more
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