Journal Reviews

Sublingual gland tumour resection

2 March 2022 | | Head and Neck | Neoplasm invasiveness, Pathology, Salivary gland neoplasms, Sublingual gland, Treatment outcome

This paper from South Korea analyses the pathology arising from 20 malignant sublingual gland tumours. Adenoid cystic carcinoma followed by mucoepidermoid carcinomas were the most common. Tumour invasion into the lingual nerve was detected in 40% of cases, and into...

Investigation of the role of KPNA2 biomarker in oral SCC invasiveness

1 October 2018 | | Head and Neck | interleukin-1β (IL-1β), invasiveness, karyopherin alpha 2 (KPNA2), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), survival

This edition of Head and Neck has a strong focus on studies using immunohistochemistry (IHC) to elucidate potential roles of various cell-signalling molecules in both HNSCC and thyroid cancer. The ‘cellular-protein heavy’ title of this article may be off-putting to...