epidemiology and risk factors for head and neck cancer

... number not for citation purposes) Journal of the International AIDS Society Short report Migration and Risk Factors for HIV Acquisition in Pregnant Women in Baja California, Mexico Rolando M Viani* 1 , ... million people of Mexican origin resided in Cal- ifornia, with economic and social factors being the driving force for migration.[1] Baja California is a leading point of entry to the United States, ... busiest land port of entry in the world, with more than 131,000 legal border crossings daily. Therefore, Tijuana offers a unique opportunity to study the risk factors for HIV acquisition and migration patterns...

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... and mixed farming (OR = 2.0; 95% CI: 1.7, 3.7) were risk factors for cattle seropositivity to Brucella antigens. On the other hand, the use of disinfectants (OR = 1.9; 95% CI: 1.1, 2.1) and ... two groups of risk factors. The density of animal populations, the herd size, the type and breed of animal (dairy or beef), the type of husbandry system and other environmental factors are thought ... Prevalence of, and risk factors for, brucellosis in Awassi sheep in Southern Jordan. Small Rumin Res 2007, 73, 300-303. 4. Al-Majali AM, Al-Qudah KM, Al-Tarazi YH, Al-Rawashdeh OF. Risk factors...

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... Auckland. New Zeland, for her assistance with English translation. References 1. Pearson SE, Meyer AC, Adams GL, Ondrey FG: Decreased hearing after combined modality therapy for head and neck cancer. Am ... ear radiation dose and hearing loss in head -and- neck cancer patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005, 61:1393-1402. 12. Blakley BW, Gupta AK, Myres SF, Schwan S: Risk factors for oto- toxicity ... effective treatments for head and neck tumors. For initial lesions T1 and T2, the results of exclusive use of RT are comparable to the ones obtained using surgical procedures. For lesions in a more...

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... efforts in prevention and control of the main risk factors. The two main universal risk factors for NAFLD, obesity and air pollu- tion, have broad adverse health effects, and reducing their prevalence ... associa- tions between insulin resistance and NAFLD, and similar risk factors and protective factors for these 2 interrelated disorders. Waist circumference and the ratio of apolipo- protein B to ... in children and adults; it might represent a physiological response to environ- mental factors in children and a long-standing adapta- tion in adults. The histological criteria for distinguishing...

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... Central Page 1 of 9 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Research Co-morbidity and visual acuity are risk factors for health-related quality of life ... of one university hospital and three gen- eral hospitals in the Netherlands between July 2000 and January 2003. The eligibility requirements for inclusion in the non-randomized study were referral ... the variance. Discussion Our study aimed to provide a risk profile for visually impaired older patients related to a change in QOL. First, when not taking specific risk factors into account, for the entire group there...

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... endoscopic and imaging methods and the standardized perceptual evaluation of the individual handicap. ASR will enable precise evaluations of speech and voice as a precondition for scientific purposes, for example, ... extents of speech disorder (dysglossia) and voice disorder (dysphonia) after the treatment for head and neck cancer. 2. Speech Disorders in Patients with Oral Cancer Dysglossia often occurs in patients ... global functional outcome of speech and voice after the treatment of head and neck cancer. It allows quantifying the intelligibility also in severely disturbed voices and speech. Acknowledgments This...

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... 3.3. Risk factors of pH1N1/2009 Table 3.15 - 3.18. The association between some factors and risk of getting infection with pH1N1/2009 (univariate analysis) Risk factors Infected by 2009 pandemic ... EDUCATION AND TRAINING MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY * NGUYEN THI THI THO EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SOME RISK FACTORS OF PANDEMIC ... identifying risk factors for influenza infections, especially for influenza pandemic. Regarding to seasonal influenza, children under 5 years of age was at a 1.85 times (1.09 - 3.26) greater risk...

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... (2005), / 6 (1), 53–59 Risk factors for retained placenta and the effect of retained placenta on the occurrence of postpartum diseases and subsequent reproductive performance in dairy cows Yeon-Kyung ... the risk factors for retained placenta by evaluating several reproductive factors in individual cows, and to determine the effects of retained placenta on the occurrence of postpartum diseases and ... reproductive performance have varied. Our first objective was to determine the risk factors for retained placenta by evaluating several factors: calving condition, parity, gestation length, and calving...

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... in patients with advanced head and neck cancer who receive chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Radiology 1996, 201:675-680. 4. Wood K: Audit of nutritional guidelines for head and neck cancer patients ... concomitant chemotherapy for locally advanced head and neck cancer. N Engl J Med 2004, 350:1945-1952. 13. Cooper JS, Bernier J: Rationale for triage in the postoperative management of head and neck cancers. ... 2005, 18:343-351. 5. Peterman A, Cella D, Glandon G, Dobrez D, Yount S: Mucositis in head and neck cancer: economic and quality-of-life outcomes. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2001, 45-51. 6. Whicher...

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... therapy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Sur 2001, 125:645-8. 29. Hansen EK, Bucci MK, Quivey JM, Weinberg V, Xia P: Repeat CT imaging and replanning during the course of IMRT for head -and- neck cancer. Int J ... were 0, 50, 110, 250 and 310 degree for NK/T cases, and 0, 45, 90, 120, 160, 200, 240, 280 and 320 degree for NPC cases. For brain cases, gantry angles were 0, 60, 230, 300 and 45 Hu et al. Radiation ... Synergy S, XVI, Crawley, UK). For imaging the head -and- neck and brain tumor patients, we used the following parameters: 100 kVp, S20 collima- tor and F0 filter, total 65 mAs and a high-resolution reconstruction...

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... integrated boost (SIB) in head and neck cancer patients. Radiat Oncol 2006, 31:1-7. 19. Ho KF, Fowler JF, Sykes AJ, Yap BK, Lee LW, Slevin NJ: IMRT dose fractionation for head and neck cancer: variation ... radiotherapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer: A review. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2009, 73(2):111-125. 22. Fowler JF: Optimum overall times II: Extended Modelling for head and neck radiotherapy. ... with head and neck tumours were selected for this retrospective planning study. The PTV1 included the primary tumour, PTV2 the high risk lymph nodes and PTV3 the low risk lymph nodes. Except for the...

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... dose for PTV1 and between 84% and 93% for the PTV2. The median doses of the low and high dose PTVs are in a range of 99.9% (Tomo) and 104.9% (VMAT) for PTV2 and between 101.4% (Konrad) and 105.8% (VMAT) ... rotational IMRT based on a ring gantry for a complex parotid gland sparing head- and- neck technique. Methods: Treatment plans were created for 10 patients with head -and- neck tumours (oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx) ... were 26.5Gy for RapidArc and 23Gy for VMAT, 14.1Gy for Tomo. For fixed gantry techniques 21Gy was achieved for step&shoot +KonRad, 17.0Gy for step&shoot+Panther DAO, 23.3Gy for step&shoot+Pinnacle...

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... Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3 Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - ... number not for citation purposes) Introduction In radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, the major sali- vary glands frequently receive a high radiation dose. A high dose on the salivary glands results ... Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Email: CM van Rij...

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... Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery: Neck dissection Classificaton Update: Revisions Pro- posed by the American Head and Neck Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Sur- gery. ... measures. Materials and methods: 39 patients with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck irradiated using 3D-c-IMRT were evaluable for dose distribution within PTVs and at one parotid gland and 38 patients for toxicity ... parotic gland sparing of intensity modulated radiotherapy (3D-c-IMRT) performed with metallic compensators for head and neck cancer in a clinical series by analysis of dose distributions and clinical...

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... specific proteins and genes that are germane to HNSCC. Background HNSCC is the sixth most common cancer and remains a major cause of cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide [1]. More than 85% of head and neck ... American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures. 2009. 2. Chen Y, Chen C: DNA copy number variation and loss of heterozygosity in relation to recurrence of and survival from head and neck squamous cell ... 1, Table S6, Table S7 and Table S8). In addition, the generated n etworks included known head and neck cancer biomarkers. Com- mon fragile site genes (DAG1 and P ARK2) and various genes that...

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