Cancer as a chronic disease : a psychological perspective [PDF]
, 2018 Cancer is a disease that affects many people. Therefore, issue of proper psychological adaptation to the disease is of utmost importance and allows one to look for a better understanding in similar fields.
Paleczna, Monika
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A silent speech system based on permanent magnet articulography and direct synthesis [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper we present a silent speech interface (SSI) system aimed at restoring speech communication for individuals who have lost their voice due to laryngectomy or diseases affecting the vocal folds.
Bai, Jie +6 more
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Effect of the Laryngectomy Method on the Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Laryngeal Cancer
İstanbul Medical Journal, 2015 Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the stress status of the caregivers of patients who have undergone total and partial laryngectomy.Methods: Sixty patients who underwent total and partial laryngectomy and 60 caregivers of these patients
Zerrin Binbay +5 more
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Tissue-Engineered Larynx: Future Applications in Laryngeal Cancer [PDF]
, 2017 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article reviews the latest developments in tissue engineering for the larynx with a specific focus on the treatment of laryngeal cancer. RECENT FINDINGS: Challenges in tissue engineering a total larynx can be divided into scaffold
Birchall, MA, Hamilton, NJI
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COMPARISON OF SWALLOWING IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMIES
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021 Objective: We designed this study to assess and compare the effects of different partial laryngectomy (PL) techniques on swallowing. Material and Methods: Ten patients had laryngofissure with cordectomy, ten had frontal anterior laryngectomy with ...
Zeynep Erdoğan Çetin +5 more
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Tobacco exposure and complications in conservative laryngeal surgery. [PDF]
, 2014 Smoking is an important risk factor in the development of head and neck cancer. However, little is known about its effects on postoperative complications in head and neck cancer surgery.
A. Deganello +4 more
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Gene and protein expression of glucose transporter 1 and glucose transporter 3 in human laryngeal cancer—the relationship with regulatory hypoxia-inducible factor-1α expression, tumor invasiveness, and patient prognosis [PDF]
, 2014 Increased glucose uptake mediated by glucose transporters and reliance on glycolysis are common features of malignant cells. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α supports the adaptation of hypoxic cells by inducing genes related to glucose metabolism.
Anna Krześlak +51 more
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Laryngocele after Subtotal Laryngectomy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2018 Introduction: Laryngocele is an air-filled dilatation of the laryngeal saccule that extends upward within the false vocal folds. Different etiologies lead to laryngocele congenital malformation, weakness of the laryngeal tissues and increased ...
Mohamed Dhaha +5 more
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Supracricoid partial laryngectomy with cricohyoidoepiglottopexy in patients with radiation therapy failure [PDF]
, 2009 Background To assess functional results, complications, and success of larynx preservation in patients with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma after radiotherapy. Methods From a database of 40 patients who underwent supracricoid partial laryngectomy (SCPL)
Tamez-Velarde Mario +3 more
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Transoral laser surgery for laryngeal carcinoma: has Steiner achieved a genuine paradigm shift in oncological surgery? [PDF]
, 2018 Transoral laser microsurgery applies to the piecemeal removal of malignant tumours of the upper aerodigestive tract using the CO2 laser under the operating microscope.
A Nicolaides +14 more
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