Head & Neck/Thyroid Cancers
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Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers
Major finding: After adjustment, total thyroidectomy did not improve overall survival over lobectomy for tumors 1-2 cm (HR, 1.05; P = .61) or 2.1-...
Feature
Keep an eye on the HPV p16 protein in head and neck cancer
At the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona, experts presented their findings on novel therapies and...
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Thyroglobulin washout boosts diagnostic sensitivity in recurrent thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: Adding surgeon-performed ultrasonography with thyroglobulin washout to fine-needle aspiration cytology increases the accuracy...
Conference Coverage
High-volume surgeons have best adrenalectomy outcomes
Major finding: Patients of low-volume surgeons were nearly twice as likely as were those of high-volume surgeons to have complications following...
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Younger men with goiter at higher risk for thyroid cancers
Key clinical point: Men under age 50 undergoing surgery for benign goiter are at elevated risk for thyroid cancer.Major finding: Among men under...
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Chemoradiation offered better survival than accelerated radiation in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas
Major finding: At a median follow-up of 30 months, actuarial rates of 2-year overall survival of patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation...
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Experimental EGFR inhibitor added nothing but rash
Major finding: There were no significant differences in locoregional control, disease-specific survival, or overall survival at 3 years with the...
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The push for smaller, smarter cancer trials
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Overall survival from recurrent head and neck cancer double among HPV+ patients
Major finding: Two years after a diagnosis of recurrence of oropharyngeal cancer, 54.6% of HPV-positive patients were alive, compared with 27.6%...
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Humidification mitigates radiation-induced mucositis, but compliance is a problem
Major finding: Patients with radiation-treated head and neck cancers who received daily humidification had approximately half of the hospital days...
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Gland-sparing technique safe in tonsillar, tongue cancers
Major finding: Among patients with oropharyngeal cancers treated with conformal radiation sparing the contralateral submandibular gland, there...