Transoral endoscopic head and neck surgery and its role within the multidisciplinary treatment paradigm of oropharynx cancer: robotics, lasers, and clinical trials

FC Holsinger, RL Ferris - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Transoral endoscopic head and neck surgery is a new approach for the treatment of
oropharyngeal tumors. Using either a robotic system and/or laser, surgeons gain access …

Transoral robotic surgery: does the ends justify the means?

GS Weinstein, BW O'Malley Jr, SC Desai… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Although the present literature reports early findings, without long-term oncologic outcomes,
the results are consistently encouraging. Training programs have already yielded …

Oncologic outcomes after transoral robotic surgery: a multi-institutional study

JR De Almeida, R Li, JS Magnuson… - … –Head & Neck …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Large patient cohorts are necessary to validate the efficacy of transoral robotic
surgery (TORS) in the management of head and neck cancer. Objectives To review …

Transoral robotic surgery: radical tonsillectomy

GS Weinstein, BW O'Malley, W Snyder… - … –head & neck …, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To describe and show the feasibility of a new surgical technique for transoral
robotic surgery (TORS) radical tonsillectomy. Design A prospective, phase 1 clinical trial …

Transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective study of feasibility and functional outcomes

EJ Moore, KD Olsen, JL Kasperbauer - The Laryngoscope, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis: To investigate the feasibility of transoral robotic surgery as a
method of surgical treatment of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Study Design …

Long-term functional and oncologic results of transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

EJ Moore, SM Olsen, RR Laborde, JJ García… - Mayo Clinic …, 2012 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the long-term functional and oncologic results in patients who
underwent transoral robotic surgery (TORS) as primary therapy or as part of combined …

Transoral robotic surgery and human papillomavirus status: oncologic results

MA Cohen, GS Weinstein, BW O'Malley Jr… - Head & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) have been
shown to have distinct outcome profiles based on their human papillomavirus (HPV) status …

Oncologic, functional and surgical outcomes of primary Transoral Robotic Surgery for early squamous cell cancer of the oropharynx: a systematic review

K Kelly, S Johnson-Obaseki, J Lumingu, M Corsten - Oral oncology, 2014 - Elsevier
Summary Objectives Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) has emerged as an alternative to
radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for the treatment of oropharyngeal squamous cell …

Detailed analysis of clinicopathologic factors demonstrate distinct difference in outcome and prognostic factors between surgically treated HPV-positive and negative …

NG Iyer, S Dogan, F Palmer, R Rahmati… - Annals of surgical …, 2015 - Springer
Background Oropharyngeal cancers (OPC) secondary to human papillomavirus (HPV)
infections likely represent a completely different disease compared with conventional head …

Comparison of oncologic and functional outcomes after transoral robotic lateral oropharyngectomy versus conventional surgery for T1 to T3 tonsillar cancer

SY Lee, YM Park, HK Byeon, EC Choi, SH Kim - Head & neck, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background We performed transoral robotic surgery (TORS) or conventional surgery via a
transoral or mandibulotomy approach in patients with tonsillar cancer and prospectively …