Oncology/Hematology

Early experience in transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for non-oropharyngeal head and neck malignancies: a review of functional and oncologic outcomes.

OBJECTIVE: To review and summarize functional and oncologic outcomes after transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for non-oropharyngeal head and neck malignancies.

TORS for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC): the Hamburg experience.

OBJECTIVE: To report 2.5-year survival outcomes for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated primarily with transoral robotic-assisted resection.

Clinical outcomes of transoral robotic surgery for supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma: experience of a french evaluation cooperative subgroup of gettec.

BACKGROUND: Transoral, minimally invasive, organ preservation surgeries are increasingly used to treat laryngopharyngeal carcinomas to avoid the toxic...

Transoral robotic surgery for base of tongue neoplasms.

Surgery to the base of tongue (BOT) in the presence of neoplasm is a challenging topic for head and neck surgeons. This area is difficult to access an...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration.

BACKGROUND: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare intricate pediatric neoplasm with varied clinical manifestations and multiple treatment moda...

[A case report of hepatitis B virus reactivation in a hepatitis B core antibody-positive, hepatitis B surface antigen-negative hemodialysis patient].

Reactivation of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been reported in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy or chemotherapy. We report a case of HBV...

Adiponectin correlates with obesity: A study of 159 childhood acute leukemia survivors from India.

BACKGROUND: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors are predisposed to obesity. However, the exact underlying mechanisms are not known.

Regulation of demethylation and re-expression of RASSF1A gene in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines treated with NCTD in vitro.

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma, a lethal malignant neoplasm with poor prognosis, has dismal results of surgical resection and chemoradiotherapy....

Doxorubicin enhances (131)I-rituximab induced cell death in Raji cells.

AIM: There are various therapeutic modalities of treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but with certain limitations, hence, investigating the scope of...

Management of bone loss in postmenopausal breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitors.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women, but despite survival rates improvement, it is still the second major cause of cancer ...

Efficacy Analysis of a Script-based Guide for EVAR Execution: is it Possible to Reduce Patient Exposure to Contrast, Operative Time and Blood Loss even when Advanced Technologies are not Available?

INTRODUCTION: Despite the patient and medical staff exposure to radiation in endovascular aneurysm repair, the benefits of this abdominal aortic aneur...

Prognostic Value of FDG-PET, Based on the Revised Response Criteria, in Patients with Malignant Lymphoma: A Comparison with CT/MRI Evaluations, Based on the International Working Group/Cotswolds Meeting Criteria.

OBJECTIVES: Post-treatment evaluations by CT/MRI (based on the International Working Group/Cotswolds meeting guidelines) and PET (based on Revised Res...