The impact of transoral robotic surgery on the overall treatment of oropharyngeal cancer patients

RV Smith, BA Schiff, M Garg, M Haigentz - The Laryngoscope, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis To assess adjuvant therapy in patients undergoing surgical
management of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCCA) with transoral robotic …

RapidArc planning and delivery in patients with locally advanced head-and-neck cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy

P Doornaert, WFAR Verbakel, M Bieker… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (RapidArc, Varian Medical Systems) permits
the delivery of highly conformal dose distributions. We studied planning and delivery in …

Matted nodes: poor prognostic marker in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma independent of HPV and EGFR status

ME Spector, KK Gallagher, E Light, M Ibrahim… - Head & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite better prognosis, there is a group of oropharyngeal squamous cell
carcinoma (SCC) human papillomavirus (HPV)+ patients who experience treatment failure …

Advances in radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

SA Bhide, CM Nutting - Oral oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy and surgery are the principal curative modalities in treatment of head and
neck cancer. Conventional (two dimensional, 2D and three-dimensional conformal …

Treatment of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma with adjuvant or definitive intensity-modulated radiation therapy

DJ Sher, V Thotakura, TA Balboni, CM Norris Jr… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The optimal management of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC)
typically involves surgical resection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy or …

The potential benefit of swallowing sparing intensity modulated radiotherapy to reduce swallowing dysfunction: an in silico planning comparative study

HP van der Laan, MEMC Christianen, HP Bijl… - Radiotherapy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To apply recently developed predictive models for swallowing dysfunction to
compare the predicted probabilities of swallowing dysfunction for standard intensity …

Correlation between dose to the pharyngeal constrictors and patient quality of life and late dysphagia following chemo-IMRT for head and neck cancer

SA Bhide, S Gulliford, R Kazi, I El-Hariry… - Radiotherapy and …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Aim of this study was to correlate dose to pharyngeal constrictors (PC) with
subjective and observer-based assessments of swallowing in patients with head and neck …

Risk of hypothyroidism in women after radiation therapy for breast cancer

SH Choi, JS Chang, HK Byun, NH Son… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To study the hypothyroidism risk after adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) and the
association of different RT targets with hypothyroidism risk. Methods We studied 4073 …

Use of gastrostomy in head and neck cancer: a systematic review to identify areas for future research

V Paleri, J Patterson - Clinical otolaryngology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Clin. Otolaryngol. 2010, 35, 177–189 Objectives: To perform a systematic review of studies,
which investigate the role of gastrostomy tube feeding in head and neck squamous cell …

Transoral robotic surgery versus nonrobotic resection of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Y Chillakuru, DA Benito, D Strum, V Mehta… - Head & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) compared
to nonrobotic surgery (NRS) on overall survival in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma …