Radiological imaging of the neck for initial decision-making in oral squamous cell carcinomas--a questionnaire survey in the Nordic countries.

Background: Fast and accurate work-up is crucial to ensure the best possible treatment and prognosis for patients with head and neck cancer. The presence or absence of neck lymph node metastases is important for the prognosis and the choice of treatment. Clinical lymph node (N)-staging is done by palpation and diagnostic imaging of the neck.

Salivary gland carcinoma in Denmark 1990-2005: outcome and prognostic factors. Results of the Danish Head and Neck Cancer Group (DAHANCA).

To describe outcome and prognostic factors in a national Danish series of patients treated for salivary gland carcinoma. From three Danish nation-wide registries and supplementary patient records, 871 patients diagnosed with primary major or minor salivary gland carcinoma in the period from 1990 to 2005 were identified. A total of 796 (91%) histological specimens were revised according to the WHO 2005 classification.

Salivary gland carcinoma in Denmark 1990-2005: a national study of incidence, site and histology. Results of the Danish Head and Neck Cancer Group (DAHANCA).

To describe the incidence, site and histology (WHO 2005) of salivary gland carcinomas in Denmark. Nine hundred and eighty-three patients diagnosed from 1990 to 2005 were identified from three nation-wide registries. The associated clinical data were retrospectively retrieved from patient medical records.

Reduction in waiting time for diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer - a fast track study.

Unlabelled: Acceleration of diagnosis and initiation of treatment for head and neck cancer requires optimal organization and multidisciplinary collaboration. A project at the Head and Neck Oncology Centre, Aarhus University Hospital aimed at accelerating patient flow.

Material And Methods: Initiatives were implemented throughout the year 2007.

Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck.

Background: Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck is a rapidly progressing and life-threatening condition. The purpose of this study was to describe the patients with a focus on clinical presentation, microbiology, treatment, and prognosis.

Patients And Results: Seventeen patients (10 men; median age, 54 years) were included.

Common adder bite to the tongue causing life threatening toxicity from airway compromise.

We illustrate the acute phase and development of symptoms in a 24-year-old man following a European Common Viper bite to the tongue.

[Accelerated diagnosis and treatment initiation for head and neck cancer patients].

Introduction: Acceleration of diagnosis and initiation of treatment for head and neck cancer requires optimal organisation and multidisciplinary collaboration. A project at the Head and Neck Oncology Centre, Aarhus University Hospital aimed at accelerating patient flow.

Materials And Methods: The initiatives were implemented throughout 2007.

[Reconstruction of the maxilla with pedicled temporalis muscle after maxillectomy].

Introduction: Removal of the maxilla requires adequate restoration of the maxillary structure to replace form and functions, especially vocal and eating functions. A host of reconstructive options are available to restore the maxilla, most of which include free-flap reconstruction. The aim of this study was to clinically evaluate the use of pedicled temporalis flap for reconstruction of the maxilla and to assess patient quality of life.

Patient assessed symptoms are poor predictors of objective findings. Results from a cross sectional study in patients treated with radiotherapy for pharyngeal cancer.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess the value of the EORTC questionnaires C30 and H&N35, as an instrument for the study of side effects.

Patients And Methods: We invited all recurrence free patients, treated with radical radiotherapy for pharyngeal cancer between 1998 and 2002 at our institution, to participate in the study. Data was retrieved using questionnaires, functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing, dental examination with orthopantomography and saliva flow measurements.

Late swallowing dysfunction and dysphagia after radiotherapy for pharynx cancer: frequency, intensity and correlation with dose and volume parameters.

Background And Purpose: Dysphagia and swallowing problems are common in pharynx cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. Dysfunction of the upper aerodigestive tract may lead to reduced quality of life, malnutrition and aspiration pneumonia. The aim of the current study was to describe swallowing function after radiotherapy and examine its correlation with irradiated volume and dose.

[Congenital anosmia].

A 72-year-old woman with congenital familiar lack of smell is described. General ENT and otoneurological examination were normal. The ability to smell was totally absent.