Publications by authors named "Toshimitsu Sugawa"
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- The study evaluated postoperative swallowing function in head and neck cancer patients using the AsR score, a 10-point scale for videofluoroscopic examination of swallowing (VF).
- A review of 146 patients showed that the first VF AsR score accurately indicated the continuation of direct therapy post-surgery (AUC = 0.946).
- The last VF AsR score effectively identified patients' oral intake ability at discharge (AUC = 0.925), demonstrating the AsR score's usefulness in quantitatively assessing swallowing function in oral cancer patients.
Background And Aims: Although endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been applied for superficial pharyngeal cancer, no prospective trials have been reported. To investigate the efficacy and safety of ESD for superficial pharyngeal cancer, we conducted a prospective phase II trial.
Methods: Fifty-four patients with 73 lesions were enrolled from September 2010 to August 2014, and ESD was performed.
[Outcome of tongue cancer treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy].
Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho
July 2014
A retrospective analysis of 263 patients with previously untreated squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue between 2000 and 2010 was performed. Those patients, who received preoperative chemotherapy, had a history of head and neck cancer or had previously received radiotherapy for the other disease, were excluded. All patients underwent a surgical procedure as a part of the initial treatment.
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