Advanced Head and Neck Disease
Costs and outcomes of cancer care in older adults : population based analysis
... Head and neck cancer More than 60% of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck cancer HNSCC are diagnosed with locally advanced stage disease stage III and IV and 5-yea[r] ...
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<p>Competing Morbidities In Advanced Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy: A Strong Implication Of A Multidisciplinary Team Approach</p>
... and care received at a teaching hospital. 87 Several mechan- isms involved in the development of AP in patients with HNSCC receiving CCRT have been explored to explain the relationship of this illness with oral ...
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Efficacy of Concurrent Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
... neck cancer. In India, the most common H&N cancers are those of oral cavity and pharynx. Men are more affected than women. Age adjusted incidence for these sites in Indian males range from 10.8 to 38.8 and ...
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Nimotuzumab with Induction Chemotherapy and Chemo Radiation in Patients with Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
... of radiation. Patients were evaluated using RECIST criteria, 4 weeks after the last cycle of chemo- therapy. Results: Sixteen patients were included in this study, with mean age of 54 ± 11 years. Most common sub-site of ...
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Immunotherapy in head and neck tumors: new options in advanced disease and beyond
... Head and neck tumors are a historically difficult group of tumors to treat due to variability in histology, location, and modest responses to systemic therapy. Response rates to systemic therapies are low, ...
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Role of curcumin as an adjuvant in treatment of advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
... Nearly 6-7 phase I clinical trials have tested the safety profile of curcumin in treatment of various cancers and found no dose-limiting toxicity. Our study was a pilot study, to study the radiosensitisation potential of ...
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Outcome of Palliative Fractionated Radiotheraphy in Locally Advanced Inoperable Head and Neck Cancer
... and neck cancer patients have some pre morbid features that make them a challenging group compared to patients with cancer at other ...with head and neck cancer usually present with locally ...
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A special review, role of alcohol and smoking in the squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, advanced diagnostic aids in oral cancer
... chronic disease and some tumors in particular may be the result of interactions between the two risk ...the advanced available diagnostic adjuncts for the detection of oral ...
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Pathological margins and advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
... A total of 232 patients were entered in the database. 92 (40%) of these had a recorded histologic margin distance. The remaining patients either had clear margins without distance recorded (45%) or no primary cancer ...
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Original Research Article Assessment of Nutritional Status of Locally Advanced Head and Neck Carcinoma Patients Treated With Concomitant Chemo-radiation, by using Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA)
... Result: Approximately 55% patients had moderate malnutrition (Stage-B) before start of treatment. Then at end of treatment, 56.67% patients were moderately malnourished (stage-B) and 41.67% were severely malnourished ...
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Competing Causes of Death in 138 Patients with Loco Regionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Treated with Multi Modality Treatment
... gionally advanced squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) of the head and neck treated with multi- modality ...138 advanced head and neck patients treated in our department with surgery ...
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Concurrent chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck with capecitabine and weekly cisplatin
... 51 weekly Cisplatin 30 mg/m 2 with radiation dose of 70Gy. Planned was seven cycles of weekly Cisplatin, 65% of patients in the study received more than 85% of planned Cisplatin dose. With a mean follow-up of 19 months, ...
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NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY CONCURRENT CHEMORADIATION IN LOCALLY ADVANCED SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF HEAD AND NECK REGION: A SINGLE INSTITUTIONAL STUDY
... locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck, neo-adjuvant chemotherapy with Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5 Fluorauracil followed by conventional chemoradiotherapy showed good locoregional ...
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Original Research Article Assessment of Nutritional Status of Locally Advanced Head and Neck Carcinoma Patients Treated With Concomitant Chemo-radiation, using Body Mass Index (BMI)
... Figure-5 shows Correlation between Body Mass Index(BMI) with local control of disease at the end of treatment. Complete response was seen in 85.8% of patients with mild/moderate underweight (BMI 16-18.49), 76% of ...
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A comparative evaluation of acute toxicity and locoregional control by concomitant chemoradiation therapy with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
... This single institution study was conducted from August 2016 to May 2018. Total 82 patients were assessed for eligibility. Ultimately, 60 patients were included in the study and randomised into Arm A and Arm B. 1 patient ...
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Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy with Hydroxyurea vs Cisplatin in locally advanced Head and Neck Cancers
... of head and neck cancers from 2014 to ...locally advanced head and neck ...locally advanced disease 2 but with increased toxicities & additional burden on patient ...
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PET CT surveillance versus neck dissection in advanced head and neck cancer
... N2a disease and 61% had stage N2b ...fewer neck dissections than did planned dissection surgery (54 ...with neck dissection, resulted in savings of £1,492 (approximately $2,190 in ...
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Induction chemotherapy followed by concomitant chemo radiotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer: Center experience
... residual disease following induction chemotherapy leaving organ-preserving surgery as a final local approach in case of residual ...of head and neck cancer (Posner et ...in head and ...
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A review of weight loss and sarcopenia in patients with head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiation
... Approximately 70 % of patients with HNSCC will present with locally advanced disease and many will be treated with concurrent chemotherapy and radiation (CTRT). Concurrent chemotherapy and radiation is as- ...
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Role of PETCT in the management of untreated advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx
... of Head and Neck Squamous cancers is in identifying metastatic disease in cervical ...metastatic disease to cervical nodes is present in a significant number of ...nodal disease in ...
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