Transepithelial Monitoring for Reoccurrence of Oral Cavity Cancer

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

bayesian correction for mortality trend of oral cavity cancer

aim : the aim of this study is to estimate oral cavity cancer mortality for iranian population, using bayesian approach in order to revise this misclassification. background : mortality is a familiar projection to address the burden of cancers, but according to iranian death registry, about 20% death statistics were still recorded in misclassified categories. patients and methods : we analyzed ...

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...

Metastatic breast cancer of the oral cavity.

OBJECTIVE To present a rare case of breast carcinoma initially presenting as an oral cavity mass. STUDY DESIGN Case report with review of the literature. RESULTS A case is presented of a postmenopausal woman with a remote history of treated breast carcinoma who was declared disease-free 2 years before presentation. She presented with an enlarging vestibule mass consistent with metastatic br...