Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent malignant tumour worldwide and incidences are rising rapidly. BCC grow locally, but can invade surrounding tissues. Little is known concerning their impact on the health-related quality of life (HrQoL), and limited available data reports contradicting results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Skin cancer's rising incidence demands understanding of its economic impact. The current understanding is fragmented because of the various methodological approaches applied in skin cancer cost-of-illness studies.
Objective: This study systematically reviews melanoma and keratinocyte carcinoma cost-of-illness studies to provide an overview of the applied methodological approaches and to identify the main cost drivers.
Background: Skin cancer incidences are increasing. Treatment for basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) can be questioned in certain patients. Treatment options are various, but Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) has the highest cure rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Considering the long natural history of prostate cancer (PCa), long-term results of the European Randomised Study of Screening for PCa (ERSPC) are crucial.
Objective: To provide an update on the effect of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening on PCa-specific mortality (PCSM), metastatic disease, and overdiagnosis in the Dutch arm of the ERSPC.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Between 1993 and 2000, a total of 42376 men, aged 55-74 yr, were randomised to a screening or a control arm.
Laryngol Rhinol Otol (Stuttg)
October 1982
The results of measurements of the impressions of palate and nasopharynx are compared. While choanes, anterior and medial nasopharynx grow in relation to age, the posterior width correlates with measurements of the maxilla, especially with the distance of molars and premolars. This means that in persons with wide maxillary dimensions, a wide nasopharynx can be expected.
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