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    Head & Neck: Volume 31, Issue 4

    429-570
    April 2009
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Consensus Document

Larynx preservation clinical trial design: Key issues and recommendations—A consensus panel summary†‡

Jean-Louis Lefebvre MD,  K. Kian Ang MD,  on behalf of the Larynx Preservation Consensus Panel , 
  • Pages: 429-441
  • First Published: 12 March 2009

Original Articles

Positron emission tomography in surveillance of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma after definitive chemoradiotherapy

Yi-Fen Wang MD, PhD,  Ren-Shyan Liu MD,  Pen-Yuan Chu MD,  Feng-Chi Chang MD,  Shyh-Kuan Tai MD,  Tung-Lung Tsai MD,  Jui-Lin Huang MD,  Shyue-Yih Chang MD, 
  • Pages: 442-451
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: Efficacy of positron emission tomography and computed tomography for determining primary tumor response during induction chemotherapy

Douglas B. Chepeha MD, MSPH,  Assuntina G. Sacco BS,  Lance E Oxford MD,  Rahul Karamchandani MD,  Tamara H. Miller RN, BSN,  Theodoros N. Teknos MD,  Carol R. Bradford MD, MS,  Avraham Eisbruch MD,  Frank M. Worden MD,  Susan G. Urba MD,  Suresh K. Mukherji MD,  Chuong Bui MBBS, FRACP,  Kirk A. Frey MD, PhD,  Gregory T. Wolf MD,  Julia S. Lee MS, MPH, 
  • Pages: 452-460
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Use of single MRI and 18F-FDG PET-CT scans in both diagnosis and radiotherapy treatment planning in patients with head and neck cancer: Advantage on target volume and critical organ delineation

Miriam Gardner MD, PhD,  Philippe Halimi MD,  Danielle Valinta PhD,  Marie-Madeleine Plantet MD,  Jean-Louis Alberini MD,  Myriam Wartski MD,  Alain Banal MD,  Stephane Hans MD,  Jean-Louis Floiras MD,  Martin Housset MD,  Alain Labib MD, 
  • Pages: 461-467
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Retropharyngeal nodal metastasis related to higher rate of distant metastasis in patients with N0 and N1 nasopharyngeal cancer†

Ivan Weng-Keong Tham FRCR,  Siew Wan Hee MSc,  Swee Peng Yap FRCR,  Jeffrey Kit-Loong Tuan MBBS,  Joseph Wee FRCR, 
  • Pages: 468-474
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Examining expression of folate receptor in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck as a target for a novel nanotherapeutic drug†

Nabil F. Saba MD,  Xu Wang,  Susan Müller DMD,  Mourad Tighiouart PhD,  Kwangjae Cho,  Shuming Nie PhD,  Zhuo (Georgia) Chen PhD,  Dong M. Shin MD, 
  • Pages: 475-481
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Expression modes and clinical manifestations of latent membrane protein 1, Ki-67, cyclin-B1, and epidermal growth factor receptor in nonendemic nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Zahra Taheri-Kadkhoda MD, PhD,  Bengt Magnusson DDS, PhD,  Marie Svensson BSc,  Claes Mercke MD, PhD,  Thomas Björk-Eriksson MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 482-492
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Toxicity and survival outcomes of hyperfractionated split-course reirradiation and daily concurrent chemotherapy in locoregionally recurrent, previously irradiated head and neck cancers†‡

John M. Watkins MD,  Keisuke S. Shirai MD,  Amy E. Wahlquist MS,  Robert K. Stuart MD,  Uzair B. Chaudhary MD,  Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer PhD,  Terry A. Day MD,  M. Boyd Gillespie MD,  Anand K. Sharma MD, 
  • Pages: 493-502
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Function, postoperative morbidity, and quality of life after cervical sentinel node biopsy and after selective neck dissection

Franziska Schiefke MD, DMD,  Michael Akdemir MD,  Anette Weber MD, PhD,  Daniel Akdemir MD,  Susanne Singer MD, PhD,  Bernhard Frerich MD, DMD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 503-512
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Positive personal changes in the aftermath of head and neck cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study in patients and their spouses

Michelle Ruf BM,  Stefan Büchi MD,  Hanspeter Moergeli PhD,  Roger A. Zwahlen MD, DMD,  Josef Jenewein MD, 
  • Pages: 513-520
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Effect of autologous platelet adhesives on dermal fat graft resorption following reconstruction of a superficial parotidectomy defect: A double-blinded prospective trial†‡

Shamir Chandarana MD,  Kevin Fung MD, FRCS(C),  Jason H. Franklin HBSc, MD, FRCS(C),  Trevor Kotylak MD, FRCP(C),  Damir B. Matic MD, FRCS(C),  John Yoo MD, FRCS(C), 
  • Pages: 521-530
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Evaluation of treatment results with regard to initial anterior commissure involvement in early glottic carcinoma treated by external partial surgery or transoral laser microresection

Florian Sachse MD,  Wolfgang Stoll MD,  Claudia Rudack MD, 
  • Pages: 531-537
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Place and value of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) palpatory method in preventing RLN palsy during thyroid surgery

Áron Altorjay MD, PhD, DSci,  Zoltán Tihanyi MD,  Ferenc Luka MD,  Árpád Juhász MD,  Zsuzsanna Bencsik MD, PhD,  Miklós Rüll MD,  Gábor Kecskés MD,  Balázs Paál MD, 
  • Pages: 538-547
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Clinical Review

Role of chest CT in staging of oropharyngeal cancer: A systematic review

Niall M. H. McLeod FDSRCSEd,  Alex Jess MFDS,  Rajiv Anand FRCS(OMF),  Elisabeth Tilley FRCR,  Bernie Higgins BSc (Hons),  Peter A. Brennan MD, 
  • Pages: 548-555
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Case Reports

Laryngeal true malignant mixed tumor

Francesco Stomeo MD,  Paolo Cossu Rocca MD,  Corrado Bozzo MD,  Chiara Bianchini MD,  Francesco Meloni MD,  Antonio Pastore MD, 
  • Pages: 556-560
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Myopericytoma of the lip: Report of case

Silvana Sapelli DDS, MSc,  Marina Ribas DDS, PhD,  Wilson D. Martins DDS, PhD,  Lúcia de Noronha MD, PhD,  Ana Paula Gomes DDS, PhD, 
  • Pages: 561-564
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa in a young adult with history of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for childhood acute leukemia

Kei Tomihara DDS, PhD,  Hironari Dehari DDS, PhD,  Akira Yamaguchi DDS, PhD,  Masato Abe DDS, PhD,  Akihiro Miyazaki DDS, PhD,  Kenji Nakamori DDS, PhD,  Masato Hareyama MD, PhD,  Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka DDS, PhD, 
  • Pages: 565-568
  • First Published: 11 March 2009

Abstracts

Abstracts

  • Pages: 569-570
  • First Published: 11 March 2009