Oropharyngeal cancers, including cancers of the tonsils, soft palate, posterior pharynx, and base of the tongue are not diseases that most otolaryngologists-head and neck surgeons come across in their day-to-day practice.
Gene Therapy: A Promising Role in Otolaryngology
After a hiatus associated with a checkered past, gene therapy is again showing promise in several fields of medicine, and otolaryngology is no exception.
Keeping Watch for Skin Cancers on the Head and Neck
Academic Head and Neck Surgery: Educating Our Future
Despite much belief to the contrary, tobacco control has been a major public health success over the last four decades.
New Evidence-Based Guidelines on Thyroid Cancer
New guidelines published by the American Thyroid Association hope to offer stronger evidence on which to base diagnosis and treatment of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer.
Wrong Diagnosis of Sinus Headache Can Lead to Inappropriate Treatment
A consensus panel of physicians who treat patients reporting sinus and facial pain strongly recommend the use of all diagnostic tools available to determine the root cause of the headache-whether it is neurological or physiological, migraine or sinus.
Identifying Lentigo Maligna Often Requires a Multidisciplinary Approach
Doctors who deal with head and neck surgery often are the ones to first diagnose and potentially treat a variety of facial lesions-and they are more and more often finding themselves dealing with lentigo maligna.
Otolaryngology Training Short on End-of-Life Care Advice
One presenter offers guidance on what otolaryngologists can do to offer comfort to their dying head and neck cancer patients
Pediatric Infections Cluster by Age
Certain serious childhood head and neck infections tend to occur in particular sites by age, according to research presented here at the meeting of the Southern Section of the Triological Society.
