Leukoplakia—a diagnostic and management algorithm

A Villa, SB Woo - Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Oral white lesions are frequently encountered in daily practice. Most white lesions are
benign (eg, reactive keratoses or keratoses from inflammatory conditions) and the diagnosis …

The global incidence of lip, oral cavity, and pharyngeal cancers by subsite in 2012

KD Shield, J Ferlay, A Jemal… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
By using data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer publication Cancer
Incidence in 5 Continents and GLOBOCAN, this report provides the first consolidated global …

CD44v6‐Targeted Imaging of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Antibody‐Based Approaches

D Spiegelberg, J Nilvebrant - Contrast media & molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a common and severe cancer with
low survival rate in advanced stages. Noninvasive imaging of prognostic and therapeutic …

Clinicopathologic and prognostic factors in adenoid cystic carcinoma of head and neck minor salivary glands: a clinical analysis of 130 cases

S He, P Li, Q Zhong, L Hou, Z Yu, Z Huang… - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose This study was to investigate clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic
factors in adenoid cystic carcinoma of head and neck minor salivary glands. Materials and …

[HTML][HTML] PD-L1 expression in tumor tissue and peripheral blood of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

M Weber, F Wehrhan, C Baran, A Agaimy… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Immune checkpoints like programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand PD-L1
are involved in immune escape mechanisms of solid tumors including oral squamous cell …

[HTML][HTML] A seven-gene prognostic signature for rapid determination of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma survival

S Shen, J Bai, Y Wei, G Wang, Q Li… - Oncology …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer and
displays divergent clinical outcomes. Prognostic biomarkers might improve risk stratification …

[HTML][HTML] High expression of IMPDH2 is associated with aggressive features and poor prognosis of primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Y Xu, Z Zheng, Y Gao, S Duan, C Chen, J Rong… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase type II (IMPDH2) has been shown to play critical
roles in the development and progression of several human cancers. However, little is …

Notch1 regulates invasion and metastasis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by inducing EMT through c-Myc

N Inamura, T Kimura, L Wang, H Yanagi, M Tsuda… - Auris Nasus …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective As 50% of patients of head and neck squamous carcinoma (HNSCC) exhibit poor
prognosis, the identification of new therapeutic targets is required. Recently, there have …

Systematic review on T3 laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma; still far from a consensus on the optimal organ preserving treatment

M Riga, L Chelis, V Danielides, T Vogiatzaki… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The optimal treatment of patients with T3 laryngeal carcinoma is controversially
challenged by open partial laryngectomies (OPL), transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) and …

Survivorship challenges and information needs after radiotherapy for oral cancer

H Badr, D Lipnick, V Gupta, B Miles - Journal of Cancer Education, 2017 - Springer
Oral cancer (OC) treatment can lead to considerable functional impairment, psychological
distress, and decrements in quality of life. Given that limited information and support services …