Survival analysis in a Weibull proportional hazards model was used to evaluate the impact of somatic cell count (SCC) on the involuntary culling rate of US Holstein and Jersey cows with first calvings from 1990 to 2000. The full data set, consisting of records from 978,043 Holstein and 250,835 Jersey cows, was divided into subsets (5 for Holsteins and 3 for Jerseys) based on herd average lactat...

BACKGROUND Analysis of the lymphatic drainage pattern, the reliability of a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), as well as the impact of sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastases on regional control and survival in patients with early stage oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). METHODS A prospective consecutive cohort analysis was conducted which included 111 patients diagn...

AIMS Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is the most frequent malignancy of the oral cavity which is known to have a high mortality rate. Early diagnosis of this cancer has a major role in the prevention of its progression and can help increase patient survival. Conventional biopsy is considered the gold standard for diagnosis of oral SCC. However oral brush biopsy is less invasive, quicker and easie...

BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis (UC) harbours a high risk of UC-associated colorectal cancer (UCCC), which is important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Overall Survival (OS) of patients with UCCC has not been addressed well in the literature. Thus, we compared oncologic outcome of UCCC and sporadic colorectal cancer (SCC) using propensity score matchi...

The levels of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) and C-reactive protein (CRP) can be used to predict tumor invasion, lymph node metastasis, staging and survival in patients with oral cavity cancer. The present study analyzed the relationship between pre-treatment levels of SCC-Ag and CRP in relation to clinicopathological factors in patients with pharyngolaryngeal cancer (PLC) and determi...

The current treatment recommendation for T2-3N0M0 glottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the Nordic countries comprises of radiotherapy (RT) and chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Tumor radiosensitivity varies and another option is primary surgical treatment, which underlines the need for predictive markers in this patient population. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relation of the ...

Objectives: Presence/absence of cervical lymph node metastasis plays a critical role in prognosis and survival of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). This study was designed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scan for detection of cervical lymph node metastasis in oral SCC in comparison with histopathological analysis after neck dissection Methods: In...

BACKGROUND Oncologic outcomes for sinonasal and skull base squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) treated with an endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) needs investigation. METHODS Patients with SCC treated with EEA were stratified by treatment strategy and tumor etiology and reviewed. RESULTS Thirty-four patients were treated with EEA, or which 27 had definitive resection and 7 had debulking surgery....

OBJECTIVES Data on breast squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are rare. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and to explore the rational treatment of patients with breast SCC. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of breast SCC cases treated at our center from 1966 to 2014. The majority of these patients received primary surgery followed by adjuvant c...

BACKGROUND Parotid gland squamous cell cancer (SCC) occurs as metastasis from cutaneous SCC or primary malignancy. There is limited data on incidence, prognosis, and treatment outcomes. METHODS The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database (1988-2009) identified 2104 adult patients with parotid SCC. RESULTS SCC is the second most common parotid malignancy, and its incidenc...