Oral human papillomavirus infections in Zambian Rural and Urban residents-a community cross-sectional study.

Background: How common it is with the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the healthy and diseased oral cavity is largely unknown for Africans. In this cross-sectional study we assessed the prevalence of oral HPV and the risk factors associated with HPV contraction including sexual practice in the urban and rural Zambian population.

Methods: Urban (N = 188) and rural (N = 211) Zambian adults aged 21 years and older living in Ndola and Mansa, respectively, were interviewed about demographical data, oral and coital sexual history and tobacco and alcohol use.

Jaw exercise in head and neck cancer patients for prevention of temporomandibular disorders: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the effect of a preventive jaw-training intervention program on the development of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in patients treated for head and neck cancer (HNC).

Methods: We randomized 58 consecutive patients with squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck area into two groups before initiation of a curatively intended oncologic treatment: training with a jaw mobilizer once a day or a control group without active exercise. A comprehensive examination according to diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders (DC/TMD) was conducted at baseline (before oncologic treatment) 6 and 12 months after completed radiation therapy (RT).

Intracellular Toll-Like Receptors Modulate Adaptive Immune Responses in Head and Neck Cancer.

The percentage of head and neck cancer (HNC) positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) is unknown in most parts of India. How toll-like receptors (TLRs) affect the adaptive immune response in HNC is also mainly unknown. We here assessed the expressions of HPV DNA, p16, inflammation, and TLRs in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OC) and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPC).

Long-term follow-up of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible.

Aim: Investigating the prevalence of mandibular ORN in a single Swedish Oncology Center.

Methods: A total of 450 patients, treated with radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma in the oropharynx between 2004 and 2014 were included. Three different techniques of radiotherapy were studied.

Patients' experiences of adverse symptoms, emotions, and coping strategies in connection to treatment of head and neck cancer - an interview study.

Purpose: This study aimed to increase the understanding of emotions and coping strategies used by head and neck cancer patients before cancer treatment, and to explore their emotions and coping strategies in relation to symptoms and side effects after treatment. Furthermore, we aimed to investigate the patients' perceptions of received treatment and support.

Methods: Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 patients who had been treated for head and neck cancer, which included radiotherapy, at the Department of Oncology and the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg.