Oncologic treatments, such as curative radiotherapy and chemoradiation, for head and neck
cancer can cause long-term swallowing impairments (dysphagia) that negatively impact …

To explore the potential of tumor-specific DNA as a biomarker for head and neck squamous
cell carcinomas (HNSCC), we queried DNA from saliva or plasma of 93 HNSCC patients …

Background Tobacco use and alcohol consumption are still important risk factors for head
and neck cancer (HNC) in developing countries, even though decreasing in tobacco …

Patients with hypopharyngeal cancer are difficult to treat because they typically present with
advanced disease, poor general health status and severe nutritional problems. Currently …

Hypopharynx cancer has the worst prognosis of all head and neck squamous cell cancers.
Since the 1990s, a treatment shift has appeared from a total laryngectomy towards organ …

Purpose To develop a radiomics-based model to stratify the risk of early progression
(local/regional recurrence or metastasis) among patients with hypopharyngeal cancer …

Hypopharyngeal cancer is uncommon in the developed world; it is mostly diagnosed in men
who smoke tobacco and consume excessive alcohol and uncommon in women. However …

Objective: To examine whether machine learning (ML) analyses involving clinical and 18F-
FDG-PET-based radiomic features are helpful in predicting prognosis in patients with …

Patients with hypopharyngeal cancers frequently present at advanced stage and in poor
general health status. Their natural history is characterised by diffuse local primary disease …

Simple Summary Positron emission tomography (PET), typically combined with computed
tomography (CT) has become a critical advanced imaging technique in oncology. With PET …