http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 May 2008 14:53:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Purpose: Because the capability to control squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck has improved recently, the phenomenon of multiple primary malignancies of that region is now recognized with increasing frequency. We reviewed cases of multiple primary squamous cell carcinomas of the hypopharynx and esophagus with regard to their ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/clinical-analysis-of-multiple-primary-malignancies-of-the-hypopharynx-and-esophagus/ Multimodal approach for local tumor control and preservation of function Introduction: Hypopharyngeal cancer has an unfavourable prognosis despite aggressive treatments including total laryngectomy. These experiencies are the reason why actual approaches focus on oncologic and functional (psychosocial) aspects. Material und methods: After a careful staging patients were selected for primal surgery and ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/therapy-of-hypopharyngeal-cancer/ Multicenter case-control study was conducted during 1999-2002 in four European countries (Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia) to evaluate the role of occupational exposures in risk of laryngeal/hypopharyngeal cancer. Male cancer cases (34 hypopharyngeal, 316 laryngeal) with full data on occupational history and nonoccupational factors were compared with 728 hospital controls ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/hypopharyngeal-cancer-3/ Abstract: Objectives/Hypothesis: To address the controversial acceptable distal resection margin for the surgical management of patients with hypopharyngeal cancer. Study Design: Retrospective review of the records of 28 consecutive patients who underwent pharyngoesophagectomy and reconstruction with radial forearm free flaps between 1996 to 2001. Methods: The Kaplan-Meier method was used to ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/analysis-of-recurrence-and-survival-after-hypopharyngeal-ablative-surgery-with-radial-forearm-free-flap-reconstruction/ Background: To estimate the toxicity/efficacy of concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) and with different modalities for locally advanced hypopharyngeal carcinoma post ileocolic free flap reconstruction (ICFR). Methods: Between April 2003 and December 2006, 15 patients had enrolled and a total of 13 patients were treated for locally advanced hypopharyeal cancer after ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/the-role-of-intensity-modulated-radiation-therapy-for-locally-advanced-hypopharyngeal-cancer-after-resection-and-ileocolic-free-flap-reconstruction/ Between the years 1965 to 1977, 58 patients with advanced hypopharyngeal squamous carcinoma were treated by pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy and total thyroidectomy. Operative mortality for potentially curable cases was 8.6%, with a crude three-year survival rate of 29% for all cases. Mortality was 37% for patients with postcricoid tumors. Long-term management was ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/surgical-management-of-hypopharyngeal-cancer-particular-reference-to-the-gastric-pull-up-operation/ Abstract: In the majority of cases, hypopharyngeal cancer is asymptomatic until it reaches the advanced stage, which accounts for the high incidence (70-80%) of advanced cases of hypopharyngeal cancer at initial diagnosis. However, endoscopic screening in high-risk patients, such as those with squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract, ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/feasibility-of-early-diagnosis-of-hypopharyngeal-cancer/ A Southwest Oncology Group Trial From the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor; Wayne State University Medical Center, Detroit, MI; Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center, Seattle, WA; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland; Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH; and University of Arkansas for ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/organ-preservation-for-advanced-resectable-cancer-of-the-base-of-tongue-and-hypopharynx/ Abstract: Hypopharyngeal cancers are usually squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) that has the worst prognosis among the head and neck cancers. Overall, 5-year survival rate remains poor despite recent improvements in diagnostic imaging, radiation and chemotherapy, and improved surgical techniques. Hypopharyngeal cancers tend to present with advanced primary disease, and nodal metastasis ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/hypopharyngeal-cancer-2/ Background: Eighty percent of hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients have advanced stages (III and IV) of the disease, and biological markers are required to predict high-risk head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients in need of highly aggressive treatments after surgery to improve the survival rate. We analyzed the potential ... http://hypopharyngeal-cancer.com/2008/05/28/a-new-prognostic-predictor-of-recurrence-and-survival-in-stage-iv-hypopharyngeal-cancer/