Oral cavity cancer treatment outcomes in Western Australia

IMRT in oral cavity cancer

BACKGROUND Except for early T1,2 N0 stages, the prognosis for patients with oral cavity cancer (OCC) is reported to be worse than for carcinoma in other sites of the head and neck (HNC). The aim of this work was to assess disease outcome in OCC following IMRT.Between January 2002 and January 2007, 346 HNC patients have been treated with curative intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) at t...

Oral cavity cancer

Imaging plays a crucial role in the staging of oral cancers. Imaging information is essential for determining tumour resectibility, post resection surgical reconstruction and radiation therapy planning. The aim of this paper is to highlight the natural history of oral cancer spread and how malignant infiltration can be accurately mapped. It focuses on buccal mucosa, hard palate, tongue and floo...

Oral Cavity Cancer

Oral Cavity Cancers –Early Detection and Outcomes

Background And Objectives: Oral cavity cancer is a one of the common form of malignancies in the northeastern India. This study was to analyze, treatments and outcomes of oral cancers. Materials And Methods: The study was conducted in the department of Otorhinolaryngology and head Neck Surgery, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India between February 2014 to September 2015. ...

Major burns: incidence, treatment and outcomes in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Western Australia.

US physician Martin Duke argues that it served as a badge of protection.* This idea also surfaced in Sinclair Lewis’s novel Arrowsmith: ‘The Doctor, and the Doctor alone, was safe by night in the slum called “the Arbor”. His black bag was a pass. Policemen saluted him, prostitutes bowed to him without mockery, saloon-keepers called out “Evenin’ Doc” and hold-up men stood back in doorways to let...