Head and Neck Surgery

M-A: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer

15 Apr, 2021 | 06:29h | UTC

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: an individual patient data network meta-analysis – The Lancet Oncology

 

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

 

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Guideline: SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, COVID‐19 and timing of elective surgery

23 Mar, 2021 | 02:33h | UTC

SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, COVID‐19 and timing of elective surgery – Anaesthesia

Related: Study from 116 countries suggests surgery should be delayed for at least seven weeks following a COVID-19 diagnosis to reduce mortality risk – 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/hg7wZkIuzq

🆓https://t.co/kKgJXFf0vd pic.twitter.com/mJRasJTJws

— COVIDSurg (@CovidSurg) March 20, 2021

 

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Global patterns and trends in incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents: a population-based study

5 Mar, 2021 | 08:10h | UTC

Global 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

 

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RCT: Endoscopic surgery improves survival compared with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in resectable locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

28 Feb, 2021 | 20:45h | UTC

Endoscopic surgery compared with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in resectable locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Oncology

Commentary: Endoscopic Nasopharyngectomy vs IMRT for Previously Treated, Resectable, Locally Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma – The ASCO Post

 

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ASCO Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Head and Neck

29 Apr, 2020 | 04:43h | UTC

Diagnosis and Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Head and Neck: ASCO Guideline – Journal of Clinical Oncology

 

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