Influence of age and self-stigmatization on social eating and drinking issues in French outpatients living with and beyond head and neck cancer: a mixed-method study.

Purpose: Social eating (SE) is a corner stone of daily living activities, quality of life (QoL), and aging well. In addition to feeding functional disorders, patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) face individual and social psychological distress. In this aging population, we intended to better assess the influence of age on these challenges, and the role of self-stigmatization limiting SE in patients with and beyond HNC.

Favorable safety profile of moderate hypofractionated over normofractionated radiotherapy in breast cancer patients: a multicentric prospective real-life data farming analysis.

Background: Moderately hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy (HFRT) has proven to be as safe and efficient as normofractionated radiotherapy (NFRT) in randomized trials resulting in major changes in clinical practice. Toxicity rates observed in selected clinical trial patients may differ from those observed in unselected patients with possible comorbidities and frailty in real-life. This study aimed to examine the influence of HFRT versus NFRT on acute toxicity and identify risks factors of dermatitis in real-life patients.

Prognostic Factors and Survival Score for Patients With Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study from a Regional Registry.

Background/aim: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is the least common but most lethal of thyroid cancer, despite various therapeutic options, with limited efficacy. In order to help therapeutic decision-making, the purpose of this study was to develop a new prognostic score providing survival estimates in patients with ATC.

Patients And Methods: Based on a multivariate analysis of 149 retrospectively analyzed patients diagnosed with ATC from 1968 to 2017 at a referral center, a propensity score was developed.

Primary gastric synovial sarcoma: A case report and literature review.

Introduction: Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a mesenchymal neoplasm that is characterized by its unique histological pattern and is most commonly found near the joints of the extremity. Stomach involvement is very rare. This work aimed to present the case of a patient with gastric SS.

18F-FDG PET/CT in Oral Cuniculatum Carcinoma.

A 69-year-old woman was referred for initial staging of an oral cavity mass. F-FDG PET/CT displayed a homogeneous intense uptake of the 50-mm left hemipalatal mass with local extension to the dental arcade and maxillary sinus. Infracentimetric bilateral cervical nodes with faint uptake were also detected, contrasting with the usual presentation of other head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.