ultrasound investigations in head and neck cancer patients

... radiathion therapy in head and neck cancers: an update Head and Neck 2007, 29:387-400 Popovtzer A, Eisbruch A: Advances in radiation therapy of head and neck cancer Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2008, ... the initial clinical experience with head and neck RapidArc patients, in terms of dosimetric analysis and acute toxicity results Methods and materials Patients selection This is a single-Institute ... advantages in using the RapidArc technology for head and neck patients With RapidArc treatment those patients can be easily treated with good dose distributions in a time slot of 10 minutes, including...

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... (SIB) in head and neck cancer patients Radiat Oncol 2006, 1:7 Feng Y, Kim MHyungjin, et al: Intensity-Modulated Chemoradiotherapy Aiming to Reduce Dysphagia in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer: ... Advanced Head- and- Neck Cancer International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 2009, 73:410-415 Cooper J, Fleming ID, editors, HD: Head and Neck Cancer AJCC Manual for Staging of Cancer ... swallowing dysfunction after curative radiotherapy in head and neck cancer Radiotherapy and Oncology 2009, 90:189-195 Joke W, Kim De R, Duprez F, et al: Acute Normal Tissue Reactions in Head- and- Neck...

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... failure in patients receiving definitive and postoperative IMRT for head- and- neck cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003, 55:312-321 Puri DR, Chou W, Lee N: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in ... Urba S, Lin A, Schipper MJ, Wolf GT: Recurrences near base of skull after IMRT for head- and- neck cancer: implications for target delineation in high neck and for parotid gland sparing Int J Radiat ... function sparing in patients with head- and- neck cancers receiving intensitymodulated or three-dimensional radiation therapy: initial results Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2001, 49:907-916 Vineberg...

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... the intraindividual and interindividual variations were determined in the four healthy donors and in the 79 patients Intraindividual variation for healthy donors was always lower than interindividual ... radiation induced toxicity Methods Seventy nine consecutive patients with histological confirmed cell carcinoma of head and neck, diagnosed and treated in our institution and given inform consent, ... set of 79 head and neck cancer patients We observed that RIA values increased with radiation Table Toxicity observed in 79 Head and Neck cancer patients dose (0, 1, and Gy) and fitted to a semi...

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... Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer A national clinical guideline, Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network ... research and clinical purpose in order to determine the global functional outcome of speech and voice after the treatment of head and neck cancer It allows quantifying the intelligibility also in severely ... a low intelligibility and hence a low recognition rate and vice versa The agreement between WR and the mean scores of the perceptual ratings is very high in both patient groups and is in the...

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... volume delineation in head- and- neck cancer using CT and PET/CT fusion Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006, 65:726-732 Black QC, Grills IS, Kestin LL, Wong CY, Wong JW, Martinez AA: Defining a radiotherapy ... Cummings B, Dawson L, Keller A, Kim J, Ringash J, Yu E, Hendler A, Waldron J: Intraobserver and interobserver variability in GTV delineation on FDG-PET-CT images of head and neck cancers Int ... practicable Schinagl et al compared five methods for determining the BTV using coregistered CT and FDG-PET in HNC patients [26], including visual GTV, 40% and 50% of SUVmax, an absolute SUV of 2.5, and...

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... in patients with head and neck cancer Head Neck 2000, 22:474-82 Stenson KM, MacCracken E, List M, Haraf DJ, Brockstein B, Weichselbaum R, Vokes EE: Swallowing function in patients with head and ... among patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy J Clin Oncol 3776, 26:3770-2008 Rosenthal DI, Trotti A: Strategies for managing radiationinduced mucositis in head and neck cancer ... regarding chemotherapy regimens and participated in manuscript writing DGF and QL performed dysphagia data collection including TNE and FEES, and delineation of swallowing structures KN and JC...

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... Her-2, Her-3, and Her-4) These receptors are composed of an extra-cellular ligand-binding domain, a hydrophobic transmembrane segment, and an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain Binding to EGFR ... transducers in head and neck cancer (SCCHN) Anticancer Res 2005, 25:1871-1875 Raben D, Bianco C, Milas L, Ang KK: Targeted therapies and radiation for the treatment of head and neck cancer: are we making ... regarding overall survival [29] Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) and RT In preclinical studies, when gefitinib was combined to RT, strikingly greater than additive effects were observed in vivo...

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... Therapeutic decisions for these patients were made at weekly interdisciplinary HNC tumor boards All patients were operated at the joint Head and Neck Surgery, or Head, Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, ... has been defined by contouring the anatomic region of the initial primary and nodal GTV, considering the preoperative diagnostics and the clinical and histological findings The PTV1 includes the ... Patterns of failure in patients receiving definitive and postoperative IMRT for head- and- neck cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003, 55(2):312-321 Feng M, Jabbari S, Lin A, Bradford CR, Chepeha...

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... for patients with primarily inoperable, advanced HNSCC, which is still rare New and optimized treatment methods increase loco-regional tumor control in patients with advanced head and neck carcinomas ... Boffetta P, Winkelman R, Garfinkel L: Tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, and cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx among U.S veterans Cancer 1993, 72:1369-1375 Lagiou P, Georgila C, Minaki P, ... pulmonary screening in newly diagnosed head and neck cancer Head Neck 2005, 27:990-994 19 Staar S, Rudat V, Stuetzer H, Dietz A, Volling P, Schroeder M, Flentje M, Eckel HE, Mueller RP: Intensified...

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... QOL in patients with head- andneck cancer [11] It contains seven symptom scales and six symptom items It is designed to be used together with the core QLQ-C30 and has been validated in 622 head- andneck ... xerostomia-related quality of life in head and neck cancer patients receiving parotid-sparing radiotherapy Oral Oncol 2001, 37:84-93 Braam PM, Roesink JM, Moerland MA, Raaijmakers CP, Schipper ... Westin T, Kaasa S: Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: validation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-H&N35 J Clin Oncol...

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... NHS National Institute for Clinical Excellence Guidance on Cancer Services Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers The Manual Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers Cancer service ... from head and neck cancers, are discussed in Improving Outcomes in Haematological Cancers.4 There are marked regional variations in the incidence of head and neck cancers, with rates ranging from ... chemotherapy 24 Services for patients with head and neck cancer One of the striking characteristics of head and neck cancer services is the range of clinicians involved in its treatment and care, together...

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... inhibitor-kappaB kinase (IKK)α/β/γ and casein kinase complexes modulating NFκB1, RELA and cREL, and alternative pathways involving NF-κB inducing kinase and IKKα modulating NFκB2 and RELB [1,2,11,24-26] ... colony-stimulating-factor; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; IGF, insulin-like growth factor; IκB, inhibitor kappaB; IKK, inhibitor-kappaB kinase; IL, interleukin; IL-R, interleukin receptor; ... sensitivity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma lines Head Neck 2003, 25(8):654-661 Ongkeko WM, Altuna X, Weisman RA, Wang-Rodriguez J: Expression of protein tyrosine kinases in head and neck squamous...

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... against infection and invading connective tissue There are still very few studies applying the methods of tissue engineering to produce tracheal replacements and to examine these in vitro and in ... this technique and bearing in mind the contraindications, more than 90% of the children can nowadays be extubated without problems In spite of the progress, in children undergoing single-step surgical ... intubation over several days as an intratracheal splinting An external splinting by metallic microplates in the surgical tracheal reconstruction was described first time by Zalzal and Deutch in...

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... PRESENTATION, SCREENING AND RISK FACTORS 2.4 presenting with head and neck cancer The most appropriate primary care setting in which to advise patients seeking help for suspected head and neck cancer has ... symptoms suggestive of head and neck cancer 3.2 diagnosis and staging Diagnosis and staging of head and neck malignancy will normally include clinical examination by an experienced clinician, fibre ... including dental and medical practitioners, should be aware of the presenting features of head and neck cancer, and the local referral pathways for suspected cancers screening for head and neck...

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... vindrelbine with cisplatin in concomitant chemoradiotherapy in head and neck cancer; Ind J Med Peadtr Onco 2010 31 (1): 4-7 Hypopharyngeal Cancer Valentina Krstevska Department of Head and Neck ... 10 Head and Neck Cancer The future direction in head and neck cancer management in Africa is promising because both governments and non-governmental organizations are establishing various cancer ... Fontemaggi and Giovanni Blandino Cell Signalings and the Communications in Head and Neck Cancer Yuh Baba, Masato Fujii, Yutaka Tokumaru and Yasumasa Kato 73 123 Chapter Role of ING Family Genes in Head...

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... Guide to NECK DISSECTION CLASSIFICATION AND TNM STAGING OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology American Academy of Otolaryngology– Head and Neck Surgery Neck Dissection ... guide to neck dissection classification and TNM staging of head and neck cancer / Committee for Neck Dissection Classification, American Head and Neck Society [and] Committee for Head and Neck Surgery ... Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Pocket guide to neck dissection classification and TNM staging of head and neck cancer — 3rd ed / Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, American...

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... ALL HEAD AND NECK CANCERS REDUCING RISK The risk of having head and neck cancer can be reduced by: B B not smoking or chewing tobacco C increasing the intake of fruit and vegetables ... be used in the investigation of head and neck masses D All patients with head and neck cancer should have direct pharyngolaryngoscopy and chest X-ray with symptomdirected endoscopy where indicated ... Single agent methotrexate, single agent cisplatin, or cisplatin/5FU combination should be considered for palliative chemotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer Excessive toxicity from intensive...

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... no staining (data not shown) Her2 staining was scored based on the scoring system applied to breast cancers, with scores of 0,+1, +2, +3 for increasing intensity and “continuity” of staining of ... c-erbB2 and other markers in patients treated with chemotherapy for recurrent head and neck cancer Head Neck 2000, 22:599-608 33 Werkmeister R, Brandt B, Joos U: Clinical relevance of erbB-1 and ... membranous staining and Her3 (b, membranous and cytoplasmic staining, and c, predominant cytoplasmic staining) 400 × magnification Takikita et al Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:126...

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