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Chemoradiation for patients with advanced oral cavity cancer
The Laryngoscope, 10/26/09

Stenson KM et al. – The data support the use of primary CRT as a viable treatment option for patients with advanced OCC. Survival is high, and overall function for the majority of patients is satisfactory. Patients with T4 oral tongue cancer may be spared total glossectomy. The incidence of ORN may be considered acceptable, in light of the benefits of enduring life and function.

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Kerstin M. Stenson , 11/02/09

Our experience has shown that organ-preservation techniques can be applied to patients with oral cavity cancer, as it has been to other head and neck sites.Traditionally, patients with T4 oral tongue cancer undergo total glossectomy. I believe the most powerful part of our report allows us to understand (for our patients) the potential for something dramatically different - that many patients with newly diagnosed T4 oral tongue cancer may be spared this most ablative of operations.

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Quantification of betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking in oral cancer patients
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 82%

Clinical grading of oral mucosa by curve-fitting of corrected autofluorescence using diffuse reflectance spectra
Head & Neck, 10/15/09 Relevance Score: 81%

A Dynamic Oral Cancer Field: Unraveling the Underlying Biology and Its Clinical Implication
American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 10/29/09 Relevance Score: 80%

Dismissing links between HPV and aggressive tongue cancer in young patients
Annals of Oncology, 10/20/09 Relevance Score: 80%

Clinical application of fluorescence endoscopic imaging using hypericin for the diagnosis of human oral cavity lesions
British Journal of Cancer, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 80%