The Jaw Tumor: A Surgical and Oncologic perspective

Oncologic positron emission tomography: a surgical perspective.

BACKGROUND OF PET In the vast majority of current clinical applications, PET uses a glucose analog tracer, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), which has a half-life of 110 minutes. Because of this, PET scanners previously had to be located relatively closely to a cyclotron, the type of accelerator utilized for 18F production. In recent years, local and regional distribution centers have increased the...

Surgical management of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in oncologic patients: a challenging problem.

AIM Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) is a serious oral complication of supportive cancer therapy and the best method of treatment is still unclear. The purpose of this article is to analyze the type of treatment and outcome in a large patient cohort with BRONJ. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 142 patients suffering from BRONJ at different sites were studied. All patient...

Bisphosphonate associated osteonecrosis of the jaw; similarities and differences in oncologic and non-oncologic patients.

a critical discourse analysis on gender representation in the iranian english books 2, 3 and top notch 2a, 2b a critical discourse analysis perspective

هدف از انجام تحقیق حاضر، مطالعه و بررسی نقش زنان و مردان در دو مجموعه از کتابهای درسی انگلیسی در قالب تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی و همچنین، بررسی و آشکار ساختن اصول ایدوئولوژیکی مربوط به نقش زنان و مردان در این کتابها است. این دو مجموعه کتاب عبارتنداز: کتابهای انگلیسی سال دوم و سوم دبیرستانی ایران و کتابهای تاپ ناچ 2آ و 2ب. برای انجام این منظور، مدل تحلیل گفتمان انتقادی فرکلاف مورد استفاده قرار گرفته ...

Feigned Tumor of the Jaw

Emamun, a Mussalmani, aged 15, was brought to me on November 20th by her parents. They stated that upwards of a year before they had observed a small tumor near the angle of the lower jaw on the left side. It continued to increase slowly; native practitioners failed to give relief; and at last, despairing of a cure, they had brought her to me to have it removed by operation. There was a tumor o...