Monday, March 5, 2012

Study data from S.C. Leong and colleagues update understanding of squamous cell carcinoma.

In this recent study, researchers in Derby, the United Kingdom conducted a study "To review early oncological outcomes following transoral CO2 laser resection of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Retrospective review of hospital electronic database."

"Large district general hospital in U.K., UK. Patients' three-year disease-specific survival and disease-free survival were evaluated, including post-operative complications, voice quality and swallowing status. Seventy-seven patients (16 women and 61 men) were identified. Transoral laser excision of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx was undergone by 65 patients, and the same procedure in the hypopharynx …

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