It was already in the 18th century when the French surgeon LeDran first noted that breast
cancer patients with spread of tumor cells to their axillary lymph nodes had a drastically …

The purpose of this review was to identify publications on resection margins in oral cancer
surgery and compare these with the results from 2 Dutch academic medical centers. Eight …

Background and purpose Sarcopenia is emerging as an adverse prognostic factor for
survival and complication risk in cancer patients. This study aims to determine the impact of …

The modest response of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
and non–small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) to epithelial growth factor receptor tyrosine …

Background The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report,“Unequal Treatment,” which defines
disparities as racially based, indicates that disparities in cancer diagnosis and treatment are …

Background In 2001, we presented a Cox regression model that is able to predict survival of
the newly diagnosed patient with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). This …

Objective To describe the impact of comorbidity on complications of surgery and mortality in
patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Design A total of 120 …

PURPOSE: Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) can provide information regarding
tumor perfusion and permeability and has shown prognostic value in certain tumors types …

Purpose Our prior work has shown that the health behaviors of head and neck cancer
patients are interrelated and are associated with quality of life; however, other than smoking …

Staging systems for cancer, including the most universally used TNM classification system,
have been based almost exclusively on anatomic information. However, the question arises …