Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3125933 | British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Patients who present with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the head and neck have a serious risk of coincident thoracic malignancy. The aim of this study was to identify the incidence of thoracic malignancy in newly diagnosed, previously untreated, oral and oro-pharyngeal SCC, and to evaluate the role of thoracic computed tomography (CT) in its management. Of 116 consecutive patients who were identified prospectively 81(70%) had oral and 35 (30%) oropharyngeal SCC. Ten patients (9%) had suspicious thoracic CT findings. After investigation or follow up, four (3.5%) of these patients were shown to have coincident thoracic malignancies. This large prospective series of newly diagnosed oral and oropharyngeal SCC had a lower incidence of coincident thoracic malignancy than had previously been shown.
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Authors
D.J.W. Keith, T.K. Ong, I.C. Martin,