INTRODUCTION Recent evidence suggests that the local renin-angiotensin system has been implicated in various malignancies. The mitochondrial assembly receptor is a newly identified receptor for angiotensin peptides, angiotensin-(1-7), and has an important role in the renin-angiotensin system. However, the role of the mitochondrial assembly receptor in the prognosis of cancer patients remains un...

oral cancer is considered a great threat to public health. tongue cancer accounts for nearly 30% of all oral cancers and usually seen in 50 to 60 year old men. oropharyngeal cancers account for 3% of all cancers in iran; as reported in 2003. the present study was designed to assess the epidemiologic and clinicopathologic characteristics of tongue cancer patients in two tehran's referral univers...

A 69-year-old woman with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the tongue base came under our observation complaining of repeated episodes of haemoptysis. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue base gives rise to a rather vague and aspecific symptomatology. Early symptoms include foreign body sensation in the oral cavity, undefined paraesthesia, and sialorrhoea. With the progression of disease, dys...

BACKGROUND An increasing incidence of oral carcinoma among young adults has been reported in the U.S. and Europe. Although the association between human papillomavirus infection and tonsillar carcinoma is now well established, to the authors' knowledge little is known about incidence trends in tonsillar carcinoma among younger adults. The objective of the current study was to explore the trends...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of hypothyroidism with adjuvant treatment in oral tongue carcinoma patients treated primarily with surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review was carried out to analyze hypothyroidism incidence and its relation to adjuvant treatment (radiation/radio-chemotherapy) in oral tongue carcinoma after the primary surgical ...

Lymphoepithelial carcinoma (LEC) of the tongue is a rare subtype squamous cell carcinoma. Histologically, it an undifferentiated with rich lymphocyte and plasma infiltration. The most common location for LEC in head neck salivary glands, oral cavity extremely rare. second case report lateral presented. In addition, review literature was performed, relationship between Epstein–Barr virus infecti...

introduction: the clinical outcome of patients with squamous cell carcinoma (scc) located in the head and neck has remained poor despite ongoing advances in diagnosis and management. interleukin-6(il-6) is a multi-functional cytokine that plays an important role in the process of cell differentiation and is increased in several malignancies. the aim of this study was to investigate the serum le...

BACKGROUND Tumor thickness of oral tongue carcinoma is an important independent prognostic factor for local recurrence, subclinical nodal metastasis, and survival. An accurate preoperative assessment of tumor thickness is therefore essential in optimizing treatment algorithm. The present study aims at evaluating the accuracy of intraoral ultrasonography in preoperative measurement of tumor thic...