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Is neck dissection needed in squamous-cell carcinoma of the maxillary gingiva, alveolus, and hard palate? A multicentre Italian study of 65 cases and literature review
12 October 2011
Summary: The occurrence of occult cervical metastases due to squamous-cell carcinoma of the hard palate and maxillary alveolar ridge has not been studied systematically. We have observed that many pat...
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Giada A. Beltramini,
Olindo Massarelli,
Marco Demarchi,
Chiara Copelli,
Andrea Cassoni,
Valentino Valentini,
Antonio Tullio,
Aldo B Giannì,
Enrico Sesenna,
Alessandro Baj
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97-101
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In vitro influence of the extracellular matrix in myoepithelial cells stimulated by malignant conditioned medium
13 October 2011
Summary: In order to investigate the role of myoepithelial cell and tumor microenvironment in salivary gland neoplasma, we have performed a study towards the effect of different extracellular matrix p...
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Elizabeth F. Martinez,
Ana Paula Dias Demasi,
Marcelo Henrique Napimoga,
Victor Elias Arana-Chavez,
Albina Altemani,
Ney Soares de Araújo,
Vera Cavalcanti de Araújo
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102-109
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Vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein (VSVMP) inhibits the cell growth and tumor angiogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinoma
28 October 2011
Summary: The purpose of this study was to investigate the anticancer property of vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein (VSVMP) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) via in vitro and in vivo appro...
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Yu Zhou,
Xiaohan Zhu,
Rui Lu,
Hongxia Dan,
Fang Wang,
Jing Wang,
Jing Li,
Xiaodong Feng,
Hui Wang,
Ning Ji,
Min Zhou,
Xin Zeng,
Lu Jiang,
Qianming Chen
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110-116
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HNOCDB: A comprehensive database of genes and miRNAs relevant to head and neck and oral cancer
24 October 2011
Summary: In spite of the wide prevalence of head, neck and oral cancer, HNOC, there is no integrated database on genes and miRNAs associated with all the carcinoma subtypes of HNOC. The objective is t...
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Sanga Mitra,
Smarajit Das,
Shaoli Das,
Suman Ghosal,
Jayprokas Chakrabarti
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117-119
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Immunoexpression of p53 and hMSH2 in oral squamous cell carcinoma and oral dysplastic lesions in Yemen: Relationship to oral risk habits and prognostic factors
21 September 2011
Summary: Although several studies analyzed p53 and mismatch repair (MMR) gene expression separately in oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), no reports of combined assessment of both proteins in this ca...
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Thanaa El. A. Helal,
Mona T. Fadel,
Abdalla K. El-Thobbani,
Amira M. El-Sarhi
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120-124
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Common genetic mutations in the start codon of the SDH subunit D gene among Chinese families with familial head and neck paragangliomas
26 September 2011
Summary: Head and neck paragangliomas (HNPGLs) are rare, and frequently associated with germline mutations of the succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) genes, especially for familial cases. The purpose of the...
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Cheng-Ping Wang,
Tseng-Cheng Chen,
Yih-Leong Chang,
Jenq-Yuh Ko,
Tsung-Lin Yang,
Fei-Yun Lo,
Ya-Ling Hu,
Pei-Lung Chen,
Chen-Chi Wu,
Pei-Jen Lou
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125-129
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A high HIF-1α expression genotype is associated with poor prognosis of upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma patients
26 September 2011
Summary: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of HIF-1α genetic polymorphisms and protein expression in the development of metastasis in upper aerodigestive tract cancer (UADTC) patie...
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Carlos Alberto de Carvalho Fraga,
Marcos Vinícius Macedo de Oliveira,
Érica Silva de Oliveira,
Lucas Oliveira Barros,
Francis Balduino Guimarães Santos,
Ricardo Santiago Gomez,
Alfredo Maurício Batista De-Paula,
André Luiz Sena Guimarães
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130-135
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Type I and III collagen degradation products in serum predict patient survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
26 September 2011
Summary: Cancer invasion induces extracellular matrix remodeling and collagen degradation. The aim of this study was to assess whether serum levels of type I and III collagen degradation products were...
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Sini Nurmenniemi,
Marja-Kaisa Koivula,
Pia Nyberg,
Taina Tervahartiala,
Timo Sorsa,
Petri S. Mattila,
Tuula Salo,
Juha Risteli
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136-140
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Head and neck inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT): Evaluation of clinicopathologic and prognostic features
19 October 2011
Summary: Owing to rarity and awareness deficiency towards inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT), we sought to review on its clinicopathological features; arising awareness to achieve early diagnosi...
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Hui Shan Ong,
Tong Ji,
Chen Ping Zhang,
Jiang Li,
Li Zhen Wang,
Rong Rong Li,
Jian Sun,
Chun Yue Ma
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141-148
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Accuracy of MRI in prediction of tumour thickness and nodal stage in oral squamous cell carcinoma
09 December 2011
Summary: We aim to compare radiological with histological tumour thickness (RTT with HTT) for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), and the ability of both to predict cervical metastasis. The MRI image...
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Christine T Lwin,
Rebecca Hanlon,
Derek Lowe,
James S. Brown,
Julia A. Woolgar,
Asterios Triantafyllou,
Simon N. Rogers,
Fazilet Bekiroglu,
Huw Lewis-Jones,
Hulya Wieshmann,
Richard J. Shaw
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149-154
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Radiation-associated head and neck sarcomas: Spectrum of imaging findings
21 September 2011
Summary: Sarcomas developing after radiation treatment for primary malignancies of the head and neck are often detected clinically when they are very aggressive. We reviewed the patient demographics a...
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J. Matthew Debnam,
Nandita Guha-Thakurta,
Yasser M.M. Mahfouz,
Adam S. Garden,
Robert S. Benjamin,
Erich M. Sturgis,
Lawrence E. Ginsberg
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155-161
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Radical radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in elderly patients: The importance of co-morbidity assessment
19 September 2011
Summary: Elderly patients represent a unique challenge for radical treatment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) because of age and co-morbid conditions. We sought to evaluate the outcome of this partic...
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Henry C.K. Sze,
W.T. Ng,
Oscar S.H. Chan,
Tracy C.Y. Shum,
Lucy L.K. Chan,
Anne W.M. Lee
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162-167
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Role of larynx-preserving partial hypopharyngectomy with and without postoperative radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx
19 September 2011
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the treatment outcomes of larynx-preserving partial hypopharyngectomies for hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Forty-three patients underwent partial hypophar...
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Young-Hoon Joo,
Kwang-Jae Cho,
Jun-Ook Park,
In-Chul Nam,
Min-Sik Kim
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168-172
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Impact of elective neck dissection on regional recurrence and survival in cN0 staged oral maxillary squamous cell carcinoma
05 October 2011
Summary: To evaluate the impact of elective neck dissection (END) on regional recurrence and survival in cN0 staged patients with maxillary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Eighty-six patients with maxi...
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Paul W. Poeschl,
Rudolf Seemann,
Cornelia Czembirek,
Guenter Russmueller,
Irene Sulzbacher,
Edgar Selzer,
Dzana Nuhic,
Rolf Ewers
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173-178
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Salivary gland carcinoma in Denmark 1990–2005: Outcome and prognostic factors: Results of the Danish Head and Neck Cancer Group (DAHANCA)
04 October 2011
Summary: To describe outcome and prognostic factors in a national Danish series of patients treated for salivary gland carcinoma. From three Danish nation-wide registries and supplementary patient rec...
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Kristine Bjørndal,
Annelise Krogdahl,
Marianne Hamilton Therkildsen,
Jens Overgaard,
Jørgen Johansen,
Claus A. Kristensen,
Preben Homøe,
Christian Hjort Sørensen,
Elo Andersen,
Troels Bundgaard,
Hanne Primdahl,
Karin Lambertsen,
Lisbeth Juhler Andersen,
Christian Godballe
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179-185
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Impact of smoking status on clinical outcome in oral cavity cancer patients
13 October 2011
Summary: The association between smoking status and survival in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients remains unclear. Therefore, we evaluated the association between smoking status befo...
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Daisuke Kawakita,
Satoyo Hosono,
Hidemi Ito,
Isao Oze,
Miki Watanabe,
Nobuhiro Hanai,
Yasuhisa Hasegawa,
Kazuo Tajima,
Shingo Murakami,
Hideo Tanaka,
Keitaro Matsuo
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186-191
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Ameloblastomas have already been treated successfully with intralesional chemotherapy in dogs, why not in humans?
08 August 2011
In 2010, Kelly et al. reported treating six dogs with acanthomatous ameloblastoma using weekly or bimonthly intralesional or perilesional injections of bleomycin; all exhibited complete remission with...
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David G. Gardner,
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e1
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A case report of bevacizumab-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: Old problem, new culprit
24 August 2011
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is well-characterized syndrome predominantly reported in advanced stage cancer patients who had used long term bisphosphonates to treat bone metastases. Rarely, ONJ has ...
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Umut Dişel,
Ali Ayberk Beşen,
Özgür Özyılkan,
Efsun Er,
Tuba Canpolat
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e2-e3
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Complex cannibalism: An unusual finding in oral squamous cell carcinoma
22 September 2011
Cellular cannibalism, defined as a large cell enclosing a slightly smaller one within its cytoplasm is a characteristic morphologic feature exclusively seen in aggressive malignancies. It was first de...
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Gargi S. Sarode,
Sachin C. Sarode,
Swarada Karmarkar
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e4-e6
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Oncocytic mucoepidermoid carcinoma with prominent tumour-associated lymphoid proliferation of the submandibular gland
05 October 2011
We report a peculiar oncocytic mucoepidermoid carcinoma (OMEC) with the unusually prominent lymphoplasmacytic component occurring in the submandibular gland.
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Hongbiao Jing,
Qingda Meng,
Yanhong Tai
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e7-e8
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Tumor induced osteomalacia: A forgotten paraneoplastic syndrome?
10 October 2011
Paraneoplastic syndromes are disorders that accompany benign or malignant tumors but are not directly related either to mass effect or to invasiveness of the tumor (primary or metastatic), nor are the...
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Yehuda Zadik,
Dorrit W. Nitzan
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e9-e10
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