M Pandey

..This article reviews these studies and presents the results of what has been done so far and goes on to stipulate what more needs to be done...

..The current study set out to identify distress in cancer patients undergoing curative treatment within India...

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..Primary sarcoma occurring in breast is rare and comprises 0.5-1% of all breast neoplasm. Majority of the series include both stromal and cystosarcoma phyllodes, only a few hundred cases of sarcomas other then cystosarcoma are reported...

..In conclusion, tobacco chewing and smoking are associated with increased odds of gallbladder cancer. Similarly early menarche, late menopause, multiple pregnancies and childbirth increased the risk of gallbladder cancer...

..In this article, we have reviewed the aetiopathological agents proposed from time to time over the past two centuries, with special emphasis on the developments made in the last 25 years...

..In conclusion, the results of the present study show a protective effect of vegetables and fruits on gallbladder carcinogenesis, but red meat (beef and mutton) was found to be associated with increased risk of gallbladder cancer...

..On one side the tumour was arising from the vagus nerve and on the other, from the carotid body. Clinical, radiological and histopathological features and treatment dilemmas are discussed...

..Malignant tumours of the minor salivary glands are rare and constitute less than 0.5% of all malignant neoplasms...

..The overall survival rate for patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the head and neck is good, however, disease-free survival is poor as the majority of these fail within 2 years of completing treatment...

..Sarcoma occurring in oral and maxillofacial soft tissue is rare. This study was carried out to evaluate the prevalence of oral soft tissue sarcoma and to record its natural history and survival...

..The tumour is locally aggressive and metastasizes to regional nodes. The overall and disease free survival is poor with almost 50% patients failing loco-regionally within the first 2 years of follow-up...

..Tumor size, tumor stage, nodal status, grade of tumor, performance status, site of primary, thickness, depth of invasion, tumor margin, etc. are reported to be predictors of survival...

..The instrument makes it possible to identify domains influencing QOL and thereby may help direct interventions to them...

..High amounts of distress lead to poor quality of life in patients with head and neck cancers. Financial security, understanding and support from the partner reduced distress in these patients...

..7) showed a decreased hazards. Cystosarcoma phyllodes is a rare malignancy of the female breast. Surgery with adequate margins is the primary treatment. Adjuvant radiotherapy appears to improve the disease-free survival...

..We carried out this study to evaluate the effect of various factor including mandibular bone involvement on survival in patients with oro-mandibular cancers...

..Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the commonest cancers among males...

..Young patients with SCC of the oral tongue were seen to have a comparable outcome and prognosis compared to that in older patients...

..To investigate malignant mucosal melanoma (MMM), a rare disease and one which has, till lately, remained unrecognized. Incidence of MMM ranges from 2 to 10% in various series...

..One patient was lost to follow-up. We suggest that data from various centres be pooled together in order to carry out a meta-analysis to address the question of optimal treatment for malignant melanoma of the upper aero-digestive tract...

..Results of the present study suggest that contrary to the belief, the survival among young patients is almost similar to that in older patients...

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..Malignant mucosal melanoma has aggressive biological behaviour and poor outcome. Radical surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy may provide a better local control and may help in improving survival...

..Tuberculosis of the oral cavity is uncommon and poses a diagnostic challenge. We report three patients with primary tuberculosis of the tongue, all of whom responded well to treatment and were cured...

..The 3 and 5 years disease-free survival were 72 and 61%, respectively. Non-smokers and patients with an advanced T stage at presentation had significantly worse prognoses...

..In case of carcinomas of the buccal mucosa and tongue the mandibular resection can be limited to that required for clearance of margins provided the radiology is negative...

..Developing countries too have begun to recognize the need for monitoring quality of life (QOL). However, in most of the developing countries, a validated and reliable tool for the purpose is yet to be realized...

..This suggests a role for COX2 receptors in oral cancer carcinogenesis, and provides the foundation for a large randomized trial to determine the role COX2 inhibitors may play in prevention of oral carcinogenesis...

..Radiotherapy was performed followed by complete thyroidectomy. Examination of the gross specimen found the tumor nodule. Clinically significant metastasis can arise from histologically benign and silent follicular thyroid neoplasms...

..Treatment and prevention of disability and its rehabilitation requires comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach. There is an urgent need to promote physical and psychological rehabilitation...

..The situation is alarming, with ever-increasing incidence among women and non-smokers exposed to smoke (passive smokers). Tobacco use has already become an epidemic...

..The problem is compounded in papers from third-world countries where bio-statisticians may not be available in all institutions to guide clinicians as to the selection of proper techniques...

..Metastatic thyroid cancer should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a parapharyngeal mass. Fine-needle aspiration cytology is a simple, speedy, and cost-effective method of diagnosis of parapharyngeal masses...

..The biological behaviour of the individual components in a malignant mixed tumour makes it difficult to diagnose. We could find no previous report of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma as a component of a carcinosarcoma of the parotid...

..Most of these lymphomas arise from mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). We attempt in this study to define the natural history and treatment outcome of this type of lymphoma...

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..Decision to operate, should be made with extreme caution as mortality and morbidity after surgery is high...

..This novel concept may help scientist to overcome the immunological tolerance and anti-tumour ineffectiveness induced by many human cancer cells and may lead to generation of tumour-specific vaccines...

..In this article, 46 cases of the primary malignant chest wall tumours seen over a period of 5 years are reviewed...

..The oral part of the skin undergoes total or partial necrosis in many of the cases as this skin paddle receives its blood supply from a segment which is very far from the superior arterial pedicle...

..In the light of these studies, a distress model for the cancer patient has been hypothesized here...

..Rothman's confidence interval gives the most satisfactory result for survival estimate...

..The present study was carried out to translate, validate and test for reliability a reliable QOL tool for the head and neck cancer patient population in a tertiary care hospital in south India...

..We report here a 63-year-old woman who presented with osteoradionecrosis of the sternum 17 years after initial treatment for breast cancer. Difficulty in diagnosing the lesion and its management is discussed...

..Better designed case-control studies or cohort studies looking at exposure are required before it could be accepted as one of the causes of GBC...

..Carcinoma of the gallbladder is the commonest neoplasm of the biliary tract; however, the etiology of this tumor remains unclear...

..2/100000 person-years in the intervention and 21.3/100000 in the control group. After completing two rounds of screening, oral cancer mortality rates were similar in both study groups...

..The prevalence of anxiety and depression in Indian population was low and enjoyment and anhedonia might present as anxiety initially...

..45) in stage II and III respectively. We conclude that large bowel lymphoma is a curable disease if treated aggressively. We suggest that all patients should be treated by primary surgery and should receive adjuvant chemotherapy...

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..Primary actinomycosis of the parotid gland is of rare occurrence and can mimic a malignant neoplasm both clinically as well as radiologically...

..The treatment modality of the patients significantly contributes to their QOL. The present study reports the initial findings on the early effects of surgery in patients with breast cancer...