... (HNC) patients. Objective: To establish if pre-treatment anti-inflammatory markers can be used as a prognostic tool of overall survival and tumour control among HNC patients. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the pre-treatment platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR...

... died of tumor recurrence and 2 patients died of other reasons (cerebrovascular disease and respiratory disease, respectively). The 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year survival rates were 70.5, 49.4, and 33.8%, respectively. 83.3% of all patients could tolerate soft chewable foods, such as cooked vegetables...

... cells. CXCR4 and CXCL12 mediate cell proliferation, migration, and metastatic outgrowth in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and are strongly associated with cancer recurrence and patient survival. Despite recent advances in molecular imaging and cancer therapy in lymphoma using CXCL12...

...Wenjia Zhu; Bingqing Zou; Shuyi Wang Aims: Sinonasal mucosal malignant melanoma (SNMMM) is a rare disease. The aim of the present study was to describe its clinicopathological features and prognosis in a Chinese population. Methods: Data on 83 SNMMM patients were collected and analyzed. A survival...

...Andrew C. Birkeland; Andrew J. Rosko; Steven B. Chinn; Mark E. Prince; Gordon H. Sun; Matthew E. Spector Background/Aims: Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are at risk for second primary malignancies (SPMs). The prevalence, distribution, and patient survival in head...

... criteria for this prospective study, and they were followed up for 12–60 months. Smoking cessation/continuation rates were recorded and associated with disease recurrence and overall patient survival. Results: The recurrence rate was 35.29%. Twenty-five percent of the patients continued smoking after...

.... Methods: Records of all patients who underwent surgery for primary OSCC at a single institution during 1999 were identified. Patient demographics, lesion site, clinical and pathologic stage, pathologic grading, pattern of invasion, lymphocytic infiltrate, perineural invasion, and treatment and survival...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Presentation Tumour histology Geography Survival Original Papers ORL 47: 169-173 (1985) ©1985S. Karger AG. Basel 0301-1569/85/0474-0169S2.75/0 A Retrospective Study of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma...