Chapter 084 Head and Neck Cancer (Part 5) pps

... Chapter 084. Head and Neck Cancer (Part 5) Head and Neck Cancer: Treatment Patients with head and neck cancer can be categorized into three clinical ... chemotherapy and radiation therapy are given simultaneously rather than sequentially. Because most patients with head and neck cancer develop recurrent disease in the head and neck area, thi...

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... 084. Head and Neck Cancer (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 84. Head and Neck Cancer Head and Neck Cancer: Introduction Epithelial carcinomas of the head and neck ... cis-retinoic acid have not been shown to prevent head and neck cancers (or lung cancer) and may increase the risk in active smokers. Some head and nec...

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... advanced neck lymph node disease. Modern imaging techniques may increase the number of patients with clinically detectable distant metastases in the future. Chapter 084. Head and Neck Cancer (Part ... early symptom of laryngeal cancer, and persistent hoarseness requires referral to a specialist for indirect laryngoscopy and/ or radiographic studies. If a head and...

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... IVA T4a N0 M0 T4a N1 M0 T1 N2 M0 T2 N2 M0 Chapter 084. Head and Neck Cancer (Part 3) Table 84- 1 TNM Classification for Head and Neck Cancer (Except Nasopharyngeal) Primary Tumor ... Lary nx, muscle of tongue, Thyroid/cricoid cartilage, N3 Metastasis in a lymph node(s) >6 cm and/ or to supraclavicular fossa N3a > 6 cm N3b Extension to the sup...

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... T3 Tumor involves bony structures and/ or paranasal sinuses T2b N1 M0 Chapter 084. Head and Neck Cancer (Part 4) Table 84-2 Definition of TNM–Nasopharynx Primary Tumor (T) Stage ... lymph node spread from nasopharynx cancer, particularly of the undifferentiated type, are different from those of other head and neck mucosal cancers and justify th...

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... usually chemotherapy with doxorubicin and/ or cisplatin. Further Readings Chapter 084. Head and Neck Cancer (Part 6) Chemoprevention β-Carotene and cis-retinoic acid can lead to the ... with human papillomavirus status in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 12:701, 2006 [PMID: 16467079] Vokes E et al: Weekly carboplatin and paclit...

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... Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesisa Kyphoscoliosis a Spina bifida occulta a Tethered spinal cord a Minor trauma Strain or sprain Whiplash injury b Chapter 016. Back and Neck Pain (Part ... effort. EMG and nerve conduction studies will be normal when only limb pain or sensory nerve root injury or irritation is present. Causes of Back Pain Table 16-3 Caus...

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... Figure 16-2 Chapter 016. Back and Neck Pain (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 16. Back and Neck Pain Back and Neck Pain: Introduction The importance of back and neck pain ... column length (Figs. 16-1 and 16-2). The disks are largest in the cervical and lumbar regions where movements of the spine are greatest. The disks are elastic in...

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... nerves and nerve roots. Sitting stretches the sciatic nerve (L5 and S1 roots) because the nerve passes posterior to the hip. The femoral nerve (L2, L3, and L4 roots) passes anterior to the hip and ... spine disease. Hip pain can be reproduced by internal and external rotation at the hip with the knee and hip in flexion (Patrick sign) and by tapping the heel with the examiner...

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... psoriatic arthritis, and chronic inflammatory bowel disease. minimal, and large osteophytes can be seen in asymptomatic patients. Radiculopathy occurs when hypertrophied facets and osteophytes ... young age and back pain improving with exercise are characteristic. Loss of the normal lumbar lordosis and exaggeration of thoracic kyphosis develop as the disease progresses. Infla...

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