Antitumor Activity of Pembrolizumab in Biomarker-Unselected Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Results From the Phase Ib KEYNOTE-012 Expansion Cohort. [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose Treatment with pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed death-1 antibody, at 10 mg/kg administered once every 2 weeks, displayed durable antitumor activity in programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) -positive recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) head and neck ...
Berger, Raanan +21 more
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Selective digestive or oropharyngeal decontamination and topical oropharyngeal chlorhexidine for prevention of death in general intensive care : systematic review and network meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2014 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Glen, John +3 more
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Marijuana Legislation: Identifying the Impact on the Oral Healthcare Provider [PDF]
, 2020 Objectives/Aims: Since the mid-2000s, the United States has seen a surge in legislation involving the legalization of marijuana, both recreationally and medicinally.
Geiser, Abby L, Reid-Burrell, Jessica
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Impending carotid blowout stabilization using an LT-D tube [PDF]
, 2014 Adequate stabilization of a patient presenting with a carotid blowout is one of the most challenging issues an on-call ENT surgeon can be confronted with. Reducing the bleeding and securing the airway are essential before more definitive management.
Desuter, G. +3 more
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Primary lymphoma of the lingual tonsil: a case report
Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2010 Extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphomas of the head and neck are rare. Most of the oral cavity lymphomas originate from Waldeyer ring and present as a mass in the oropharynx or nasopharynx. Tongue base is the most common location.
Sıdıka Deniz Micozkadıoğlu +2 more
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Palatine tonsil: An unusual location of rhinosporidiosis
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2021 Rhinosporidiosis is a granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi which belongs to class Mesomycetozoea. It mainly affects mucous membranes of the nose, nasopharynx, and oropharynx.
Santosh Kumar Swain
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Trench mouth: Is it a disease of the past? Diagnostic clincher: The underrated “urgent smear”
Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, 2019 Vincent's infection is a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling, and sloughing of the dead tissue from the oral cavity and oropharynx caused by the fusiform bacillus (Fusobacterium fusiforme) and spirochetes (Borrelia vincentii). However,
Jaise Jacob +5 more
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Evaluación Bidimensional y Tridimensional de la Vía Aérea Superior [PDF]
, 2017 Indexación: Scopus; Scielo.The aim of this study was to validate and correlate the two-dimensional (2D) with the three-dimensional (3D) measures of the upper airway assessment.
Araya-Díaz, P. +2 more
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Frontiers in MicrobiomesBackgroundStaphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium commonly found in the nares and oropharynx of one in three individuals and has the potential to cause significant health problems. With antibiotic-resistant strains causing 11,000 deaths yearly
Mark R. Dalman +10 more
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Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons, 2016 Objectives: To review the patterns of failure and analyze various prognostic factors influencing the outcomes of radically treated patients of oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer treated at our institute with two-dimensional planning (2D).
Pragyat Thakur +3 more
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