Current Issue May 2012, Vol. 48, No. 5

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Ras oncogenes in oral cancer: The past 20 years
May 2012(Vol. 48 | No. 5 | Pages 383-392)
Avaniyapuram Kannan Murugan, Arasambattu Kannan Munirajan, Nobuo Tsuchida

Review of drug treatment of oral submucous fibrosis
May 2012(Vol. 48 | No. 5 | Pages 393-398)
Revant H. Chole, Shailesh M. Gondivkar, Amol R. Gadbail, Swati Balsaraf, Sudesh Chaudhary, Snehal V. Dhore, Sumeet Ghonmode, Satish Balwani, Mugdha Mankar, Manish Tiwari, Rima V. Parikh

Primary malignant melanoma, of head and neck: A comprehensive review of literature
May 2012(Vol. 48 | No. 5 | Pages 399-403)
A.K. Vikey, Deepali Vikey

The International Academy of Oral Oncology (IAOO) was established in 2005, and draws together for the first time formally, clinicians and scientists worldwide, working on issues relating to the etiopathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and management of oral and perioral tumors and of oral disease in patients with malignancies.

Performance and quality of life outcomes for T4 laryngeal cancer patients treated with induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy
24 May 2012
Kent W. Mouw, Abhishek A. Solanki, Kerstin M. Stenson, Mary Ellyn Witt, Elizabeth A. Blair, Ezra E.W. Cohen, Everett E. Vokes, Marcy List, Daniel J. Haraf, Joseph K. Salama
Summary: Organ-sparing approaches with chemoradiotherapy are often used in the treatment of patients with laryngeal cancer, and the oncologic outcomes of these patients are similar to patients who und...
Therapy options and long-term results of sinonasal malignancies
18 May 2012
Andreas Arnold, Panagiotis Ziglinas, Katharina Ochs, Nadine Alter, Andreas Geretschläger, Kurt Lädrach, Peter Zbären, Marco Caversaccio
Summary: Objectives: Nasal and paranasal sinus malignancies are rare. The most common lesions are located in the nasal cavity and the maxillary sinus, although they also occur in the ethmoid, sphenoid...
New rehabilitation protocol for oral sinus communications in BRONJ patients
17 May 2012
F.C.S. Almeida, M.S. Moreira, M. Marcucci, M.M. Marques, M.E. Araujo, D.P. da Silva
The management of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis jaw (BRONJ) is challenging because most surgical and medical interventions may not eradicate it. More alarming is performing prosthetic rehabilit...
A randomized trial of induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus induction chemotherapy plus radiotherapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
16 May 2012
Pei-Yu Huang, Ka-Jia Cao, Xiang Guo, Hao-Yuan Mo, Ling Guo, Yan-Qun Xiang, Man-Quan Deng, Fang Qiu, Su-Mei Cao, Ying Guo, Li Zhang, Ning-Wei Li, Rui Sun, Qiu-Yan Chen, Dong-Hua Luo, Yi-Jun Hua, Hai-Qiang Mai, Ming-Huang Hong
Summary: The aim of this randomized study was to compare the efficacy of induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy (IC+CCRT) versus induction chemotherapy plus radiotherapy (IC+RT) for ...
Corrigendum to ‘Continuous intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy as a palliative treatment for oral squamous cell carcinoma in octogenarian or older patients’ [Oral Oncology 46/7 (2010) 559–563]
14 May 2012
Chih-Fung Wu, Chih-Jen Huang, Kao-Ping Chang, Chun-Ming Chen
The authors regret there was a mistake in the date of institutional IRB approval in the above mentioned manuscript.

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Oral Oncology is an international interdisciplinary journal which publishes high quality original research, clinical trials and review articles, editorials, and commentaries relating to the etiopathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with neoplasms in the head and neck.

Oral Oncology is of interest to head and neck surgeons, radiation and medical oncologists, maxillo-facial surgeons, oto-rhino-laryngologists, plastic surgeons, pathologists, scientists, oral medical specialists, special care dentists, dental care professionals, general dental practitioners, public health physicians, palliative care physicians, nurses, radiologists, radiographers, dieticians, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, nutritionists, clinical and health psychologists and counselors, professionals in end of life care, as well as others interested in these fields.

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