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PURPOSE: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has now become an important outcome
measure in the assessment of patients treated for oral cancer. We summarize the influence of …

The management of regional lymph nodes in the neck is an important subject since the
presence of clinically palpable cervical lymph node metastasis decreases the overall survival in …

The prime objective of tumour ablation in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the
removal, with a ‘margin’ of normal tissue, of the whole tumour. Definition of what constitutes …

Background At present no widely accepted classification exists for the maxillectomy defect
suitable for surgeons and prosthodontists. An acceptable classification that describes the …

The main aims of this article are to report the overall and disease-specific survival of a
consecutive series of patients presenting with oral cancer from 1992 to 2002 and to relate survival …

Background There are numerous head and neck specific quality of life questionnaires, each
having its own merits and disadvantages. The University of Washington questionnaire has …

The prognostic significance of extracapsular spread of cervical metastases in oral cancer is
still controversial. To investigate the importance of extent of extracapsular spread; the …

Purpose: The purpose of this cross sectional study was to evaluate the health-related
quality of life of patients following maxillectomy and to compare obturation and free flap …

Introduction: The success of salvage techniques for free tissue transfer is well documented.
The aim of this study was to identify factors that influenced the results of salvage operations …