Cancers of the head and neck are a small percentage of malignancies but can be associated with significant pain and deformity. Tumors may present with nociceptive (somatic), neuropathic, or mixed pain symptoms. In addition, treatments including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery can cause specific...
Background: Pain is a condition that often occurs in patients with head and neck cancer. Pain in patients with malignancy occurs mostly due to metastatic processes. Method: This research is a cross-sectional descriptive study to measure variables using the VAS, BPI, HADS, and LANSS ...
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The present-day otolaryngologist who is amply trained in the area of head and neck cancer surgery has the additional otologic surgical skills that can be applied to the control of head and neck cancer pain, utilizing the retrolabyrinthine route to the preganglionic pain fibers. Patients who ca...
The treatment of head and neck cancer patients with persistent severe pain often requires a multidisciplinary approach. Accurate documentation of pain frequency, intensity, and location must precede therapy. Medical regimens, as with methadone and Dexedrine, are often effective and should be tried first...
Patients were excluded from the study if they had (1) previous treatment at the pain clinic for their head and neck cancer pain or (2) head and neck pain secondary to primary tumors not originating in the head and neck. Data were obtained by systematic review of patients' clinic and medic...
Cancer of the head and neck is a relatively uncommon human cancer. The term ‘‘head and neck cancer” covers a large number of neoplasms with a diverse natural history arising in one anatomic region. Head and neck cancer includes tumors of the mucosa of the upper aerodigestive tract including...
Head and neck cancers are one of the easiest to detect. The early signs can be both seen and felt. The signs and symptoms depend on the location of the cancer: Mouth and oral cavity: a sore that does not heal within two weeks, unusual bleeding from the teeth or gums, a white or re...
Defects in G1‐S cell cycle control in head and neck cancer: A review Tumors gradually develop as a result of a multistep acquisition of genetic alterations and ultimately emerge as selfish, intruding and metastatic cells. Th... RJAM Michalides,MVD Brekel,F Balm - 《Head Neck》 被引量:...
Head and neck (H&N) cancers account for about 5% of all malignant tumours. Pain is one of the most feared consequences of H&N neoplasms and is experienced by up to 80% of patients and worsens their quality of life inhibiting speaking, eating, drinking or swallowing. Nevertheless, pain is...