Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Surgery for Mouth (Oral) Cancer

If you or someone you love is facing a mouth cancer diagnosis, MSK experts can help. If you want to learn about surgeries to ...
WebMD

What Are the Different Types of Oral Cancer Surgery?

What Are the Different Types of Oral Cancer Surgery? Oral cancer surgery refers to a group of procedures with different jobs: removing cancer, rebuilding areas affected by treatment, or restoring key ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Neck Dissection

A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Lymph nodes are small, round or bean-shaped glands. They remove germs from your body, help ...
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Neck Dissections Based on Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Versus Elective Neck Dissections in Early Oral Cancers: A Randomized, Multicenter, and Noninferiority Trial

Association of Germline BRCA Pathogenic Variants With Diminished Ovarian Reserve: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient-Level Data Sixteen institutions in Japan participated in the study (trial ...
Science Daily

Acupuncture Reduces Pain And Dysfunction In Head And Neck Cancer Patients After Neck Dissection

New data from a randomized, controlled trial found that acupuncture provided significant reductions in pain, dysfunction, and dry mouth in head and neck cancer patients after neck dissection. New data ...
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Isolated Tumor Cells in Sentinel Lymph Nodes: A Management Dilemma

In a randomized, multicenter, noninferiority trial, Hasegawa et al 1 demonstrated that sentinel lymph node (SLN)–navigated neck dissection can replace elective neck dissection in the management of ...