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Dementia Risk in Irradiated Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
This study estimated the dementia risk associated with different treatment modalities in a head and neck cancer population with long-term follow-up.
Taiwan's National Health Insurance claims database and a cancer registry database from the Collaboration Center of Health Information Application were linked for the present analysis. Patients with head and neck cancer, treated from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2010, were included in the study. The follow-up duration was the period from the index date to December 31, 2012. Inclusion criteria were head and neck cancer; an age>20 years; and having undergone surgery, CT, concu...
Source: Medicine - November 1, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
P2-9-1 * Risk and epidemiology of cancer related ischemic stroke in head and neck cancer patients
Source: Annals of Oncology - October 31, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Chen, C.-Y., Huang, Y.-B., Wu, Y.-T. Tags: Poster session Source Type: research
The Feasibility and Outcome of Oro-esophageal Tube Feeding in Patients with Various Etiologies
Abstract
The oro-esophageal tube (OE tube) is widely used in dysphagia patients although its success rate for transition to oral feeding is reported only in stroke patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and outcome of OE tube feeding for patients with dysphagia resulting from various etiologies. The authors reviewed the medical records of 1995 dysphagic patients that had undergone videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) in a tertiary hospital from April 2002 through December 2009. Of these, 97 patients were recommended to use OE tube feeding based on the VFSS findings. Follow-up VFSS wer...
Source: Dysphagia - August 13, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
A Population-Based Study of 30-day Incidence of Ischemic Stroke Following Surgical Neck Dissection
The objective of this study was to determine the 30-day incidence of ischemic stroke following neck dissection compared to matched patients undergoing non-head and neck surgeries.
A surgical dissection of the neck is a common procedure performed for many types of cancer. Whether such dissections increase the risk of ischemic stroke is uncertain.
A retrospective cohort study using data from linked administrative and registry databases (1995–2012) in the province of Ontario, Canada was performed. Patients were matched 1-to-1 on age, sex, date of surgery, and comorbidities to patients undergoing non-head and neck surgeries....
Source: Medicine - August 1, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
Outcomes of endovascular occlusion and stenting in the treatment of carotid blowout.
CONCLUSIONS: Given the natural history of carotid blowout, carotid stenting and endovascular embolization are acceptable means of treating this disease. Endovascular embolization remains the most common treatment among patients with head and neck cancers with lower overall rates of post-operative neurologic complications, including hemiplegia/paresis and stroke.
PMID: 26089247 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Interventional Neuroradiology - June 20, 2015 Category: Radiology Tags: Interv Neuroradiol Source Type: research
Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness Measurement Promises to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Evaluation in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
ConclusionsCarotid IMT identified a much greater percentage of radiation‐treated HNC patients at high CV risk compared with standard CV‐risk calculators. By more accurately identifying the patients at high risk, this may lead to more effective prevention, and therefore a reduction in CV events.
Source: Clinical Cardiology - May 11, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Douglas Jacoby, Jihane Hajj, Ali Javaheri, Emil deGoma, Alexander Lin, Peter Ahn, Harry Quon Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research
Risk of Cerebrovascular Events in Elderly Patients After Radiation Therapy Versus Surgery for Early-Stage Glottic Cancer
Purpose: Comprehensive neck radiation therapy (RT) has been shown to increase cerebrovascular disease (CVD) risk in advanced-stage head-and-neck cancer. We assessed whether more limited neck RT used for early-stage (T1-T2 N0) glottic cancer is associated with increased CVD risk, using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked database.Methods and Materials: We identified patients ≥66 years of age with early-stage glottic laryngeal cancer from SEER diagnosed from 1992 to 2007. Patients treated with combined surgery and RT were excluded. Medicare CPT codes for carotid interventions, Medicare IC...
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - July 30, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Julian C. Hong, Tim J. Kruser, Vinai Gondi, Pranshu Mohindra, Donald M. Cannon, Paul M. Harari, Søren M. Bentzen Tags: Head and Neck Cancers Source Type: research
When angels catch us – Madeline ’ s hysterectomy story
How do we know there are angels? Do we have our own special guardian angels watching over us? How many times have we almost entered into danger only to change our minds at the last minute?
Is this simply being lucky or has there been an unconscious inner voice warning us? I have truly believed for a long time that there are God’s angels watching over us and over the years there have been occasions when I have had warnings of some impending doom and thankfully avoided tragedy. Sometimes I’ve just had feelings or a “sixth sense” and the negative event still happened but somehow I had felt that premonition. Wa...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - April 27, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
