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Aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection may not increase risk of stroke later

People who developed a type of aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection (a tear in the inner lining of the neck artery wall ...

Tear in inner lining of neck artery may not raise stroke risk in first 6 months of diagnosis

People who developed a type of aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection (a tear in the inner lining of the neck artery wall), a known cause of stroke, particularly in young adults, did not have an ...
Medscape

Neck Dissection May Be Avoided in Head and Neck Cancer

Is it necessary to perform a neck dissection on all patients with advanced head and neck cancer? The authors performed a randomized trial in 564 patients recruited from 37 centers in the United ...
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Neck dissection following organ preservation protocols prolongs feeding tube dependence in patients with advanced head and neck cancer

Swallowing function for patients treated on E2399: A phase II trial of function preservation with induction paclitaxel/carboplatin followed by radiation plus weekly paclitaxel No significant financial ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Elective versus Therapeutic Neck Dissection in Node-Negative Oral Cancer

Whether patients with early-stage oral cancers should be treated with elective neck dissection at the time of the primary surgery or with therapeutic neck dissection after nodal relapse has been a ...
Medscape

FDG-PET/CT Reduces Unnecessary Surgery in Head, Neck Cancer

For patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, utilizing fluorodeoxyglucose-(FDG)-PET/CT imaging to assess their response to chemoradiation significantly increases the accuracy in ...