September 24th, today, is World Cancer Research Day (see the UICC website). This day aims to “raise awareness of the importance of cancer research as a key driver of advances in prevention and therapeutic strategies that increase survival and reduce the global cancer burden.” When we look at news and posts on the topic, itContinue reading “World Cancer Research Day 2024. A call also for surgical research.”
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27th July. Word Head&Neck Cancer Day.
At the 5th World Congress of the International Federation of Head & Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS), held in New York in 2014, Congress President and Professor of Head & Neck Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Jatin P. Shah, announced the establishment of Head&Neck Cancer Awareness Week, and did advocate for the 27th ofContinue reading “27th July. Word Head&Neck Cancer Day.”
Cancer de orofaringe y cirugía robótica
Carta abierta Hace ya 20 años que se describió la cirugía robótica transoral tal y como la conocemos hoy. El desarrollo experimental fue rápidamente seguido de los correspondientes ensayos clínicos y en el año 2009 la FDA aprobó el uso transoral del sistema de cirugía robótica da Vinci. La evidencia médica se ha acumulado enContinue reading “Cancer de orofaringe y cirugía robótica”
On overtreatment and de-escalation
(talking about HPV-associated Oropharyngeal Cancer) Expanding on the content of this letter… To deintensify treatment for patients with human papillomavirus virus–associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPV-OPSCC) is one of the hot topics in head and neck cancer. But, the imperative lies not merely in deintensifying but rather in averting overtreatment. Why? HPV-OPSCC presents as aContinue reading “On overtreatment and de-escalation”