... after 3 years , it is usu- ally related to a lack of compliance with oral care . The mandible is much more susceptible to ORN than the maxilla due to collateral vascularity present in the maxilla . The clinical features are influenced ...
... cancer . Localization imaging • CT scan : • From vertex of skull to upper mediastinum . • 1-3 mm slice ( ideally 2 mm ) . • Intravenous contrast to delineate major blood vessels , to identify nodes and primary tumour better for all radical ...
... radiotherapy for organ preservation in advanced resectable nonlaryngeal head and neck cancer . Khan A , et al . Am J Clin Oncol 1999 Aug ; 22 ( 4 ) : 403-7 Syringomyelia after ... intraoral / oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas ...
... after radiotherapy for non - Hodgkin's lymphoma of the head and neck : a retrospective study . Radiat Oncol . 2009 ... Radical neck dissection : a 19 - year experience . J Laryngol Otol . 1989 ; 103 ( 8 ) : 760-4 . 36. Amin MB ...
... from minor salivary glands affecting the glands of the soft palate and tongue base. These are usually adenoid cystic carcinomas. The commonest sites for malignancies within the oropharynx are the tonsil and tongue base; the remainder ...
PROSTATECTOMY PSA progression following radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy : new standards in the new ... cancer . Che M , et al . Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2002 ; 21 ( 3-4 ) : 381-95 . ( 114 ref . ) Transurethral microwave ...
... radiotherapy. Improvement in symptoms may occur only after many weeks of treatment, and cholinergic side effects, in ... cancer (in which both jaws are at risk). Mandibular ORN occurs in 5% to 10% of patients treated with ...
... cancer present with local symptoms due to the growth and depend on the site of tumour (see later). Evaluation. of. patients. with. head. and. neck. cancer. Important features ... radiotherapy should be sought to guide further treatment ...