Swallowing-related muscle inflammation and fibrosis induced by a single dose of radiation exposure in mice by Shuntaro Soejima, Chia-Hsien Wu, Haruna Matsuse, Mariko Terakado, Shinji Okano, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Yoshihiko Kumai

“…Abstract Background Although radiotherapy is commonly used to treat head and neck cancer, it may lead to radiation-associated dysphagia (RAD). …”
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Predicting complications of major head and neck oncological surgery: an evaluation of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator by Peter S. Vosler, Mario Orsini, Danny J. Enepekides, Kevin M. Higgins

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An Efficient 3D Convolutional Neural Network for Dose Prediction in Cancer Radiotherapy from CT Images by Lam Thanh Hien, Pham Trung Hieu, Do Nang Toan

“…The model is developed using the OpenKBP challenge dataset, which consists of 200, 100, and 40 head and neck cancer patients for training, testing, and validation, respectively. …”
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A pan-cancer analysis: predictive role of ZNF32 in cancer prognosis and immunotherapy response by Minghan Li, Chang Su, Qianru Wang, Yuetong Chen, Di Jiang, Weijia Wang, Shunjin Chen, Xiangping Li, Ming Fu, Juan Lu

“…Furthermore, we performed in vitro research to validate the significance of ZNF32 in head and neck cancer (HNSC). Our study revealed that ZNF32 was high in various types of cancer, including ACC, BRCA, and others, indicating its important potential as a prognostic biomarker. …”
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Dietetic service provision and nutritional interventions provided to patients with head and neck sarcoma: Findings from a national United Kingdom centre five-year audit by Florence Cook, Dimitris Tatsis, Malla Salli, Deepti Sinha, Nicholas Kalavrezos

“…Malnutrition is common in head and neck cancer (HNC) but limited literature exists determining nutritional interventions required in HNS. …”
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PET-Assessed Metabolic Tumor Volume Across the Spectrum of Solid-Organ Malignancies: A Review of the Literature by Anusha Agarwal, Chase J. Wehrle, Sangeeta Satish, Paresh Mahajan, Suneel Kamath, Shlomo Koyfman, Wen Wee Ma, Maureen Linganna, Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, Charles Miller, David C. H. Kwon, Andrea Schlegel, Federico Aucejo

“…Across various solid tumor malignancies, including lung cancer, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, and colorectal cancer, the current literature has demonstrated an association between MTV and various clinical outcomes. …”
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High tumor mutational burden predicts favorable response to anti-PD-(L)1 therapy in patients with solid tumor: a real-world pan-tumor analysis by Sehhoon Park, Jaeyun Jung, You Jeong Heo

“…The response rate to anti-PD-(L)1 therapy was substantially higher in GC (71.4% vs 25.8%), GBC (50.0% vs 12.5%), head and neck cancer (50.0% vs 11.1%), and melanoma (71.4% vs 50.7%) among TMB-H patients when compared with low TMB (TMB-L) (<10 mt/Mb) patients with statistical significance. …”
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Frequency and accuracy of intraoperative bone margin sampling for T4a cancers of the head and neck at the QEII Health Sciences Centre: a retrospective chart review by Anna-Claire Lamport, Colin A. MacKay, Martin J. Bullock, S. Mark Taylor, Jonathan R. Trites, Martin Corsten, Matthew H. Rigby

“…Methods A retrospective chart review was conducted including patients with stage T4a head and neck cancer involving bone that underwent primary surgical resection in Nova Scotia between 2009 and 2019. …”
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH by Ciprian Camil Mireştean, Anda Crişan, Liliana Eleonora Semenescu, Adina Mitrea, Florinel Bădulescu

“…The evolution of the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the platelet-lymphocyte ratio during polychemotherapy in head and neck cancers Imaging of pericardial compressive syndromes – cardiac tamponade in oncologic patients…”
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Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab-carboplatin-paclitaxel in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: A case report and literature review by Abdulrahman Hesham, Fawaz AlOtaibi, D. David Kim, Yousef Alshamrani, Joao Hyppolito, Katie Jubala

“…Head and neck cancers are being diagnosed more frequently in elderly patients and at advanced stages. …”
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Osteoradionecrosis of the Temporal Bone Leading to Cerebellar Abscess by Thomas B. Layton

“…One feared complication of radiotherapy is osteoradionecrosis and is a major obstacle faced in the treatment of head and neck cancers. The case presented here is a rare example of a patient who was successfully treated for SCC of the temporal with both surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy who subsequently developed two major complications: first, osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone that leads to penetrating osteomyelitis; second, the formation of a large cerebellar abscess that required surgical drainage. …”
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NFIB-Mediated lncRNA PVT1 Aggravates Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression via the miR-1301-3p/MBNL1 Axis by Tian Tang, Feng Zeng

“…Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors of head and neck cancers. In the past decades, although the therapy strategies of LSCC have made considerable improvement, the terrible outcomes of LSCC still bring an enormous burden to the world health care system. …”
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Endovascular Treatment of Vertebral Column Metastases Using Intra-Arterial Cisplatin: Pilot Experience by Bohdan W. Chopko

“…Intra-arterial chemotherapy is an uncommonly used but established treatment for head and neck cancers, retinoblastoma, and glioblastoma. …”
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Risk of TB disease in individuals with cancer by T. Diefenbach-Elstob, S. Tabrizi, P. Rivest, A. Benedetti, L. Azoulay, K. Schwartzman, C. Greenaway

“…Screening and treatment should be considered for potentially preventable TB (diagnosed more than 6 months post-cancer), particularly in those with respiratory, haematologic, and head and neck cancers.…”
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Structural engineering of stabilized, expanded epitope nanoparticle vaccines for HPV by Michaela Helble, Michaela Helble, Xizhou Zhu, Pratik S. Bhojnagarwala, Kevin Liaw, Yangcheng Gao, Amber Kim, Kelly Bayruns, Madison E. McCanna, Joyce Park, Kylie M. Konrath, Kylie M. Konrath, Sam Garfinkle, Sam Garfinkle, Taylor Brysgel, David B. Weiner, David B. Weiner, Daniel W. Kulp, Daniel W. Kulp

“…This includes cervical, vaginal, vulvar, penile, and anal cancers, as well as head and neck cancers. As such, there is an urgent need to develop effective therapeutic vaccines to drive the immune system’s cellular response against cancer cells. …”
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Identification of the Immune Cell Infiltration Landscape in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSC) for the Exploration of Immunotherapy and Prognosis by Chunli Huang, Jifeng Liu

“…It is generally believed that the majority of head and neck cancers develop in the mucosal epithelial cells of the mouth, pharynx, and larynx, which is collectively known as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC). …”
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Predictive and Prognostic Molecular Markers of Oral Cancers and Potential Therapeutic Agents Targeting These Markers by Shilpa Jain, Anil Goel, Arpita H Patel, Sarvatnida Shaikh

“…Oral cancers constitute 40% of all head and neck cancers and are major health concerns all over the world. …”
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IL-37 attenuated HPV induced inflammation of oral epithelial cells via inhibiting PI3K/AKT/mTOR by Yahong Shi, Ning Liu, Yunfang Bai, Kunshan Li, Chencong Li, Yujiao Hou

“…Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection globally, with significant implications for various anogenital cancers, such as vulval, vaginal, anal, penile, head and neck cancers. HPV infections have been linked to the induction of inflammation. …”
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Chromosomal Changes in relation to Clinical Outcome in Larynx and Pharynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Mario Hermsen, Marta Alonso Guervós, Gerrit Meijer, Paul van Diest, Carlos Suárez Nieto, Cesar Alvarez Marcos, Andrés Sampedro

“…Here we present Results of CGH analysis of 56 clinically well-characterized set of head and neck cancers, consisting of larynx and pharynx only. …”
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Correlation between Ki-67 labeling index and mitotic index in Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Das C. K Deepa, Sunitha Balakrishnan

“…The usefulness of Ki-67 in head and neck cancers has been debated for the past 20 years; however, no study has definitively resolved this controversy. …”
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