Delay in pathological tissue processing time vs. mortality in oral cancer: short communication.

Several factors have been identified to affect morbidity and mortality in oral cancer patients. The time taken to process a resected cancer specimen in a patient presenting with primary or recurrent disease can be of interest as delay can affect earlier interventions post-surgery. We looked at this variable in a group of 168 consecutive oral cancer patients and assessed its relationship to mortality from the disease at 3 and 5 years.

cTNM vs. pTNM: the effect of not applying ultrasonography in the identification of cervical nodal disease.

Accurate clinical staging of oral squamous cell cancer can be quite difficult to achieve especially if nodal involvement is identified. Radiologically-assisted clinical staging is more accurate and informs the clinician of loco-regional and distant metastasis.In this study, we compared clinical TNM (cTNM) staging (not including ultrasonography) to pathological TNM (pTNM) staging in 245 patients presenting with carcinoma of the oral cavity and the oro-pharyngeal region.

The effect of tobacco and alcohol and their reduction/cessation on mortality in oral cancer patients: short communication.

Background: The use of tobacco is known to increase the incidence of developing oral cancer by 6 times, while the additive effect of drinking alcohol further increases the risk leading to higher rate of morbidity and mortality. In this short communication, we prospectively assessed the effect of tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking in oral cancer patients on the overall mortality from the disease, as well as the effect of smoking and drinking reduction/cessation at time of diagnosis on mortality in the same group.

Materials And Methods: A cohort, involved 67 male patients who were diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma, was included in this study.

Resolution of obstructive sleep apnoea after resection of a pleomorphic salivary adenoma.

We describe a 54-year-old man whose obstructive sleep apnoea was cured by resection of a pleomorphic salivary adenoma, and emphasise the importance of a full examination of the upper airway in the assessment of a patient with symptoms of sleep apnoea.