In this issue of Clinical Cancer Research , Poh et al. (1) show the effectiveness of a simple handheld light (blue excitation light at 400-460 nm) to clarify the true extent of tumor spread and, in turn, guide complete removal of oral cancers in the operating room. Optical changes (specifically, loss of fluorescence) in the epithelium in and around oral cancers was used to map the ‘‘field of ca...

synchronous cancer is referred to two or more histological distinct malignancies diagnosed during the same hospital admission. globally more than 1 million people get colorectal cancer yearly resulting in about 0.5 million deaths. vulvar cancer is the fourth most common gynecologic cancer (following the corpus uterine cancer, cancer of ovary and cervix) and comprises only 4 percent of malignanc...

OBJECTIVES To analyze clinical data of patients treated for mouth floor cellulitis during 2003-2006 years at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Vilnius University Hospital Zalgiris Clinic and to compare the results with existing data. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patient's gender, age, social insurance, demographic profile, preference of first visit, previous treatment, origin of inflammation, ...

The objective of this article is to identify the prevalence of mouth breathing in children from an elementary school. 496 questionnaires were answered by 1st and 4th grade children's parents or sponsors in order to identify mouth-breathing. There were questions about habits, sleeping, behavior, eating, personal care and breathing. Mann-Whitney and the Chi-square tests were used to compare the v...

Two of the few postcranial fragments from the late Early Stone Age and/or the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa are the proximal radii from the Cave of Hearths and Klasies River Mouth. The Cave of Hearths fossil is metrically indistinguishable from both archaic (e.g., Neandertals) and recent humans, and presents a mosaic of primitive and modern features. The primitive include a relatively sle...

The current paradigm for developing products that will match the marketing messaging is flawed because the drivers of product choice and satisfaction based on texture are misunderstood. Qualitative research across 10 years has led to the thesis explored in this research that individuals have a preferred way to manipulate food in their mouths (i.e., mouth behavior) and that this behavior is a ma...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical manifestations and types of, and our surgical experience with, neoplasms in the region of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in pediatric patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS From September 1997 to December 2013, a total of 18 patients with neoplasms in the region of the TMJ were treated at our department. They all underwent open surgeries. The clinical manifestat...

Cystic tumors of the pancreas account for less than 10% of pancreatic neoplasms. Intraductal papillary mucinous carcinomas (IPMNs) account for 21-33% of these tumors. IPMNs represent papillary neoplasms within the main pancreatic duct and/or side branches showing mucin hypersecretion that often leads to duct dilation and chronic obstructive pancreatitis [1]. A 55-year-old patient presented with...

Purpose: Although lipomas are the most common neoplasms of the soft tissue; they are only presenting 1 to 5 percent of all of the benign neoplasms of the oral cavity. Oral lipomas affect predominantly the buccal mucosa, floor of mouth, tongue and lips. Intramuscular (infiltrating) lipoma of the tongue is an extremely rare variant of lipoma and a few cases have been reported until now. Case: A 5...