Definitive radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate.

Background: We report the University of Florida experience with soft-palate carcinoma treated with radiotherapy alone or combined with adjuvant chemotherapy and/or neck dissection for residual disease in the neck.

Methods: A total of 145 patients treated with curative intent from 1963 to 2004 were included. Potential follow-up was > or =2 years.

Clear cell odontogenic carcinoma of the maxilla: a case report and literature review.

Background: Clear cell odontogenic carcinoma (CCOC) is a rare tumor of odontogenic origin. It was first described as a clinicopathological entity in 1985, and since then, several case reports have been published.

Methods: We present a patient with CCOC treated at the University of Florida and review the pertinent literature.

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the head and neck: case report and literature review.

Objectives/hypothesis: This article presents a case of a patient with follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDS), a rare neoplasm usually of the head and neck, and reviews the literature.

Study Design: Literature review.

Methods: A MEDLINE literature search was performed and the literature was reviewed.

Lymph node-positive head and neck cancer treated with definitive radiotherapy: can treatment response determine the extent of neck dissection?

Background: The purpose was to determine if postradiotherapy (RT) neck dissection can be limited to the neck levels of residual adenopathy on post-RT computed tomography (CT).

Methods: In all, 274 patients with lymph node-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were treated with definitive RT. All patients had a contrast-enhanced CT performed 4 weeks after completing RT to evaluate tumor response.

Multidisciplinary management of laryngeal carcinoma.

The management of head and neck cancer has evolved into a multidisciplinary approach in which patients are evaluated before treatment and decisions depend on prospective multi-institutional trials, as well as retrospective outcome studies. The choice of one or more modalities to use in a given case varies with the tumor site and extent, as exemplified in the treatment of laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas. The goals of treatment include cure, laryngeal voice preservation, voice quality, optimal swallowing, and minimal xerostomia.