The HPV/p16 status was only assessed in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma from the private population, as the HPV tests are not a routine procedure in the public setting. 3. Results 3.1. Private setting cohort Initially, 535 patients were identified through the ICD-10 codes. ...
6081#Background:Patients with Head and Neck cancer squamous cell carcinoma (HNSSC) have an increased risk of developing a Second Primary Cancer (SPC). We evaluated the epidemiological factors associated with SPC among patients with Stage 1-4 HNSCC using the SEER database from 2004-2020.Methods:...
1.1 Cyclin-dependent kinases, inhibitors, and common alterations in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and glioblastoma multiforme Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) are a family of conserved serine/threonine protein kinases. Among the 13 human CDK, some play essential roles in cell cycle regulation ...
Statin use and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma outcomes. Int J Cancer. 2020;10:2440–8. Google Scholar Gupta A, Stokes W, Eguchi M, Hararah M, Amini A, Mueller A. Statin use associated with improved overall and cancer specific survival in patients with head and neck cancer. Oral...
Head and neck cancer is the seventh most common malignancy worldwide [1]. Tumors may affect the lips, oral cavity, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, paranasal sinuses, and salivary glands with about 90 to 95% being of the squamous cell carcinoma variant [2,3]. Pre...
Head and neck cancer is a malignant tumour with a high mortality rate characterized by late diagnosis, high recurrence and metastasis rates, and poor prognosis. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most common type of head and neck cancer. Various factors are involved in the ...
Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) has been correlated with prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma as well as with changes in normal tissues. These studies implement different software, either commercial or in-house, and different scan protocols. Thus, the gen...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: EHNS-ESMO-ESTRO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. In 2002, the crude incidence rates of carcinoma of the head and neck (ICD, 10th revision C00-C10, C12-C14, C32) in Europe were 36/100 000/year in the mal...
Definition of cases and controls All non-Hispanic white males with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue (International Classification of Diseases for Oncology [ICD-O] codes C01.0-C02.9), diagnosed between June 15, 1999, and November 17, 2005, were included as cases. The diagnoses of ...
All patients had biopsy-proven squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx who have been dispositioned to radiation therapy as a single or multimodality definitive therapy were included. We used the ICD 10 codes as a reference, when defining the anatomic subsites of the oropharynx, as follows: base...