Head and Neck Surgery
ASCO Guideline: Management of Salivary Gland Malignancy
28 Apr, 2021 | 08:13h | UTCManagement of Salivary Gland Malignancy: ASCO Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology
Survey: Despite guideline recommendations, many patients with low-risk thyroid cancer continue to be treated with suppressive doses of thyroid hormone
23 Apr, 2021 | 08:13h | UTCTSH Suppression for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Physician Survey Study – Thyroid (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Hot off the press. We found that many patients with low-risk thyroid cancer continue to be treated with suppressive doses of thyroid hormone, emphasizing the need for more research to better guide thyroid cancer management. @AmThyroidAssn @UMRogelCancer https://t.co/iU3ObzQxBQ
— Maria Papaleontiou, MD (@MariaPapaleont1) March 30, 2021
RCT: Atenolol has similar efficacy as propranolol with fewer adverse events in the treatment of problematic infantile hemangiomas
20 Apr, 2021 | 05:32h | UTCEfficacy and Safety of Propranolol vs Atenolol in Infants With Problematic Infantile Hemangiomas: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
20 Apr, 2021 | 05:24h | UTCCommentary: ATA Issues Guidelines for Managing Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer – HealthDay
M-A: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer
15 Apr, 2021 | 06:29h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
What is the best treatment in locally advanced HN Cancer?
Our latest individual patient data network meta-analysis available here for free @TheLancetOncol: https://t.co/UuFvjpKO6I
Many limitations but by far the largest work on the topic (115 RCT, 29000 pts).
#radonc #hncsm pic.twitter.com/eNYHbxsB4Q
— Pierre Blanchard, MD (@PBlanchardMD) April 14, 2021
Guideline: SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, COVID‐19 and timing of elective surgery
23 Mar, 2021 | 02:33h | UTCSARS‐CoV‐2 infection, COVID‐19 and timing of elective surgery – Anaesthesia
Commentary on Twitter
Our research has underpinned key recommendations in new guidance on SARS-CoV-2 infection & elective surgery from @Assoc_Anaes & @RCoANews & @RCSnews.
This guideline can act as a template for policy makers in other countries!
🆓https://t.co/kKgJXFf0vd pic.twitter.com/mJRasJTJws
— COVIDSurg (@CovidSurg) March 20, 2021
Global patterns and trends in incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents: a population-based study
5 Mar, 2021 | 08:10h | UTCGlobal patterns and trends in incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents: a population-based study – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Global thyroid cancer overdiagnosis in children and adolescents – MDEdge (free registration required) AND Global Thyroid Cancer Overdiagnosis in Children and Adolescents – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
New #IARCpaper shows the incidence of thyroid cancer in children & adolescents, a rare condition everywhere before 2000, has increased rapidly in recent years in many countries, & suggests overdiagnosis is likely to be the main driver of these increases https://t.co/1ct8iEJSty pic.twitter.com/JIjBBAyKNv
— IARC (@IARCWHO) January 20, 2021
RCT: Endoscopic surgery improves survival compared with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in resectable locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma
28 Feb, 2021 | 20:45h | UTC
ASCO Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Head and Neck
29 Apr, 2020 | 04:43h | UTC