Elective Neck Dissection does not improve survival rate but may be useful for staging and identifying candidates for treatment intensification, as well as for offering prognostic information to the patient.
How To: Enhanced Intraoperative Communication of Tumor Margins Using 3D Scanning and Mapping
Given the high rate of positive surgical margins in head and neck cancer, there is a need to improve margin analysis technique and intraoperative communication protocols.
Do Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status Impact Cancer Follow-Up Care?
Safety-net hospital treatment, socioeconomic status, Hispanic ethnicity, and non-Hispanic black race were associated with decreased
follow-up service utilization for cancer patients.
TORS Use in Early Stage Oropharyngeal Cancer May Lower Positive Margin Outcome
The advantages of TORS for early stage OPSCC may be a lower likelihood of postsurgical positive margins and subsequent need for adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Advances in Head and Neck Skin Cancer Treatment
Otolaryngologists are now considered the go-to specialists for performing these challenging surgeries
Opioid Deaths in Patients with Cancer 10 Times Lower than in General Population
New study explores risks associated with opioid use among patients with cancer.
Drug Shrinks Multiple Cancer Tumor Types with Same Genetic Defect
Targeted therapy shows promise in clinical trials for both pediatric and adult patients
Sex-Specific Therapies for Treating Head, Neck, and Thyroid Cancers
In addition to the known sex-specific cancer types, such as ovarian and prostate cancers, there are significant gender disparities in non-sex-specific cancers, such as rate of incidence and susceptibility, tumor […]
New Guidelines for Long-Term Needs of Head and Neck Cancer Survivors
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has issued a new guideline that addresses the long-term needs of survivors of head and neck cancer.
New Staging System Proposed for HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer
Researchers propose a new staging system for human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal cancers based on findings from the International Collaboration on Oropharyngeal cancer Network for Staging (ICON-S) study.
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