Journal Reviews

Does transoral robotic surgery improve outcomes among patients with head and neck cancer of unknown primary?

4 March 2024 | | Head and Neck | Head and neck cancer, human papillomavirus, Oropharyngeal cancer, Transoral robotic surgery, unknown primary tumor

A tonsillectomy and tongue base mucosectomy is becoming increasingly accepted as the optimal surgical intervention to aid in identifying the primary source of a p16+ / HPV-related squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of unknown origin, given that this disease almost exclusively...

Intraoperative identification of primary tumours in unknown primary head and neck cancer using transoral laser microsurgery with frozen sections

30 April 2020 | | Head and Neck | head and neck cancer, intraoperative margin assessment, squamous cell carcinoma, transoral laser microsurgery, unknown primary tumor

The aim of the study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of intraoperative identification of primary tumours in patients with unknown primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (UP HNSCC) using transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) with frozen sections, with...