1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Research Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205-2196, USA 2Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA 3Prostate Cancer/Genitourologic Program, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns H...

Knowledge-Based IMRT Treatment Planning for Bilateral Head and Neck Cancer by Matthew Charles Schmidt Graduate Program in Medical Physics Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Shiva K. Das, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Joseph Y. Lo, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Robert Reiman, Jr. An abstract of a Thesis submitted in partial ...

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We appreciate the thoughtful comments from Dr. Jack Fowler on our recent manuscript of an estimation of radiobiological parameters for head and neck cancer (HNC) and the clinical implications [1]. [...].

Head and Neck Cancer | www.smgebooks.com Copyright  Mourad M.This book chapter is open access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited. An Overview of Regional Tissue Transfer for Head and Neck Recons...

OBJECTIVES To investigate missed appointments in a South African tertiary hospital. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, descriptive series with controls. SETTING The ENT/Oncology clinic at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa. SUBJECT 305 patients with a head and neck malignancy who had follow-up appointments over 4 consecutive months between June and September 2006. A control group of 31 pati...

Head and neck cancer is a major public health problem. In the United States alone, approximately 43,000 new cases of head and neck cancer will be diagnosed and 11,000 persons will die of the disease in 1993 (1, 2). Worldwide, over 500,000 new cases of this cancer occur yearly, and the incidence is rising. Furthermore, despite intensive efforts in primary prevention, screening, and therapy, long...

Background and Aim: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is considered to be the most common malignancy in humans and occurs primarily in the skin especially in the head and neck region. Considering the high recurrence rate of the tumor, finding a marker for prediction of recurrence is very important. Cancer stem cells are a small subpopulation in the tumors that are related to tumorigenesis and recurren...