Head & Neck/Thyroid Cancers
How We Do It
Dental oncology in patients treated with radiation for head and neck cancer
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Less pain, quicker discharge with post-TORS dexamethasone
Key clinical point: A longer course of dexamethasone is a bit better than the usual single intraoperative dose for controlling pain and dysphagia...
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Clearing tumor bed margins may not improve oral cancer outcomes
Key clinical point: Additional resection to clear positive frozen tumor bed margins in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma – a common practice in...
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Post-TORS neck dissections extend hospital stay
Key clinical point: Oncologic transoral robotic surgery patients spend less time in the hospital if they have neck dissections at the same time,...
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Preop G-tubes save money in head and neck cancer resections
Key clinical point: It’s better to place gastrostomy tubes before head and neck cancer surgery rather than after. Major finding: At 6 months, the...
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Intraoperative nerve stimulation reduces risk of shoulder problems from neck dissection
Key clinical point: Direct, intraoperative electrical stimulation of the spinal accessory nerve reduces shoulder pain and dysfunction from...
News
FDA grants accelerated approval to pembrolizumab for advanced HNSCC
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Skip SNL biopsy for desmoplastic melanoma
Key clinical point: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with head or neck desmoplastic melanoma is positive only 6% of the time, and it doesn’t...
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Testosterone might counteract chemotherapy heart damage
Key clinical point: Adjunct testosterone improved cardiac function in head, neck, and cervical cancer patients undergoing standard treatment in a...