Head and Neck Malignancies are Mostly from Dermatological Origin | ||||
The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
Article 21, Volume 70, Issue 4, January 2018, Page 652-657 PDF (299.55 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.12816/0043820 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Sakhr Ahmed Dawari1; Thamer Hassan Mobarki2; Muteb Saad Alqhtani3; Najmah Khalaf Allah Altwairgi4; Anas M Makhdoum5; Alhassan Ali Alghamdi5; Ibrahim Abdulaziz Alzahim1; Duaa Salem Balkhi6; Noora Ahmed Alhammadi7; Fatema Khalifa Bindayna7; Mayada Salem Alwafi6; Jenan Abdulfatah Alfehaid8; Omar Khalid Alghamdi1; Rana Abualqasim Kudam9 | ||||
1Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University | ||||
2Jazan University | ||||
3King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences | ||||
4King Abdulaziz University | ||||
5Taibah University | ||||
6Umm Alqura University | ||||
7Ama International University Of Bahrain | ||||
8Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University | ||||
9King Fahad Hospital | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Head and neck cancer includes epithelial malignancies of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT), including the paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx; and, as the sixth most common cancer worldwide, head and neck cancer represents about 6% of solid tumors. Advances in surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy have improved locoregional control, survival, and quality of life. The outcomes of these treatment modalities have shifted the focus of curative efforts from radical ablation to preservation and restoration of function. This evolution has been documented in the pages of Cancer for the past 6 decades. The median age of diagnosis is in the sixth decade of life, and there is a large male-to-female predominance. Although there has been a slight decrease in overall incidence of head and neck cancer over the past two decades, an increase in base of tongue and tonsillar cancer recently has been observed. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
head and neck cancer; head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; head and neck surgery; Chemotherapy | ||||
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