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Current concepts in management of oral cancer – Surgery

Jatin P. Shah, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2009 - 
- Vol. 45, Iss: 4, pp 394-401
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The role of the surgeon is essential throughout the life history of a patient with a malignant neoplasm in the head and neck area, from initial diagnosis through definitive treatment, post-treatment surveillance, management of complications, rehabilitation of the sequelae of treatment, and finally for palliation of symptoms.
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This article is published in Oral Oncology.The article was published on 2009-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 629 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Head and neck cancer & Laryngectomy.

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Induction chemotherapy plus radiation compared with surgery plus radiation in patients with advanced laryngeal cancer

TL;DR: Preliminary results suggest a new role for chemotherapy in patients with advanced laryngeal cancer and indicate that a treatment strategy involving induction chemotherapy and definitive radiation therapy can be effective in preserving the larynx in a high percentage of patients, without compromising overall survival.
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Patterns of cervical lymph node metastasis from squamous carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract

TL;DR: A consecutive series of 1,081 previously untreated patients undergoing 1,119 radical neck dissections for squamous carcinoma of the head and neck was reviewed to study the patterns of nodal metastases.
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Expanded endonasal approach: fully endoscopic, completely transnasal approach to the middle third of the clivus, petrous bone, middle cranial fossa, and infratemporal fossa.

TL;DR: The expanded endonasal approach is a feasible approach to the middle third of the clivus, petrous ICA, cavernous sinus, and medial infratemporal fossa in cases in which the lesion is located centrally, with neurovascular structures displaced laterally.
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