Precision medicine in head and neck cancer

O Kaidar-Person, Z Gil, S Billan - Drug Resistance Updates, 2018 - Elsevier
Head and Neck cancer is among the most common cancers worldwide, with a high
prevalence in south East Asia, Brazil and central Europe. Head and Neck Squamous cell …

Lymph node ratio as prognostic variable in oral squamous cell carcinomas: systematic review and meta-analysis

TH Huang, KY Li, WS Choi - Oral oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Lymph node ratio (LNR) has been shown to be an independent prognostic factor for oral
squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in various centre-based studies recently. A range of cut …

circFNDC3B accelerates vasculature formation and metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma

X Li, C Wang, H Zhang, Y Li, D Hou, D Liu, R Xu… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Emerging evidence has demonstrated that circular RNAs (circRNA) are involved in cancer
metastasis. Further elucidation of the role of circRNAs in oral squamous cell carcinoma …

Lymph node characteristics and their prognostic significance in oral squamous cell carcinoma

I Arun, N Maity, S Hameed, PV Jain… - Head & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The prognostic significance of various histopathologic lymph node‐based
biomarkers in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) needs further evaluation. Methods …

Association between lymph node ratio and recurrence and survival outcomes in patients with oral cavity cancer

D Ding, W Stokes, M Eguchi, M Hararah… - … –Head & Neck …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) is associated with often-delayed
clinical diagnosis, poor prognosis, and expensive therapeutic approaches. Prognostic …

Lymph node ratio as a novel and simple prognostic factor in advanced gastric cancer

K Yamashita, K Hosoda, A Ema, M Watanabe - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
TNM staging is no doubt the most critical prognostic factors, representing tumor (T)/lymph
node metastasis (N)/distant metastasis (M) in gastric cancer. Lymph node ratio-based N …

Incidence and mortality trends in oral and oropharyngeal cancers in China, 2005–2013

LW Zhang, J Li, X Cong, XS Hu, D Li, LL Wu, H Hua… - Cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Oral and oropharyngeal cancers are among the most common cancers
globally. This study aimed to assess the incidence and mortality trends of oral and …

Establishing quality indicators for neck dissection: correlating the number of lymph nodes with oncologic outcomes (NRG Oncology RTOG 9501 and RTOG 0234)

V Divi, J Harris, PM Harari, JS Cooper, J McHugh… - Cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Prospective quality metrics for neck dissection have not been established
for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to …

American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system 7th edition versus 8th edition: any improvement for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue?

M Mascitti, C Rubini, F De Michele, P Balercia… - Oral surgery, oral …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective In this study, we evaluated the 8th edition of American Joint Committee on Cancer
(AJCC) staging criteria and lymph node ratio (LNR) to identify patients affected by squamous …

Association of lymph node density with survival of patients with papillary thyroid cancer

M Amit, S Tam, M Boonsripitayanon… - … –Head & Neck …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Lymph node metastases are common in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), yet the
impact of nodal metastases on survival remains unclear. Lymph node density (LND) is the …