Survival trends of patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer treated at a cancer center in São Paulo, Brazil.

Objective: We aimed to estimate the overall survival (OS) and conditional survival (CS) in patients diagnosed with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and to determine their survival trends.

Methods: The study included all consecutive patients treated at the A.C.

The role of surgical treatment in orbital vascular anomalies.

Background: The details of the surgical treatment of orbital vascular anomalies (OVAs) are not fully defined in the literature.

Methods: Two hundred forty-nine patients who underwent surgical treatment of OVAs at our institution between January 1995 and December 2005 were included in a consecutive-series study. Each patient's clinical data, technique details, and clinical outcomes were prospectively collected.

Cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head and neck: report of 23 cases from a single institution.

Background: To report a single-institution experience in the treatment of cutaneous head and neck angiosarcoma.

Study Design: Case series.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-three patients were evaluated: 12 females and 11 males.

Is galectin-3 a good method for the detection of malignancy in patients with thyroid nodules and a cytologic diagnosis of "follicular neoplasm"? A critical appraisal of the evidence.

Background: Thyroid nodules are the most common surgical disease of the thyroid. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the most commonly employed tool for establishing a diagnosis. However, 15% to 25% of FNAB reports yield inconclusive results.