[Evaluation of a support group for children of parents with cancer after 4 years of experience].

Objective: When a parent is diagnosed with cancer, this is a major stress for him and his family. Children are often left out but perceive their parent's distress. This misunderstanding may cause multiple problems for their future.

[Is carotid resection a valuable option in advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinomas].

Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas may involve the carotid artery. Surgical treatment of these tumors is a difficult challenge, because of related morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study of international literature was to define the best preoperative and intraoperative strategy which permits carotid resection with acceptable neurologic risk.