Urgent call to prevent late stage presentation of head and neck cancer

Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Xerostomia due to Radiotherapy

Background and Aim: Head and neck cancers (HNC) and their treatment can cause short-term and long-term impairment in patient’s quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study was to evaluate QOL in HNC patients suffering from xerostomia due to radiotherapy. Material and Methods: This Descriptive analytical study was performed on 44 HNC patients suffering from xerostomia experiencing radiotherapy f...

Identifying the risk factors for late-stage head and neck cancer.

Oropharyngeal candidiasis and resistance to antifungal drugs in patients receiving radiation for head and neck cancer

BACKGROUND: Oropharyngeal candidiasis is a common infection in patient receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Accurate and rapid identification of candida species is very important in clinical laboratory, because the incidence of candidiasis continues to rise after radiotherapy. The genus Candida has about 154 species that show different level of resistance to antifungal drugs and hav...

Head and neck cancer-part 1: epidemiology, presentation, and preservation.

Date deposited: 16 October 2012 Version of file: Published Peer Review Status: Peer reviewed Citation for item: Mehanna H, Paleri V, West C, Nutting C. Head and neck cancer Part 1: Epidemiology, presentation, and prevention. BMJ 2010, 341(7774), 663-666. Further information on publisher website: http://www.bmj.com Publisher’s copyright statement: The definitive version of this article is publis...