Surveillance incorporating the physical examination, imaging, and emerging molecular biomarkers is an essential part of care for head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors and allows for the detection of ...

Extranodal extension reflects aggressiveness of a tumor and creates anatomic challenges for disease clearance. Pathologic extent of extranodal extension may provide additional prognostic information ...

A 33-year-old female accountant presented to her family nurse practitioner (NP) for evaluation of bilateral neck masses. The patient stated that she first noticed the masses 6 weeks before ...

Merck & Co.’s Keytruda has become the first immunotherapy approved by the FDA to be used around surgery to treat resectable locally advanced head and neck cancer. But the breakthrough approval comes ...

The annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery was held from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 in Miami, ...

Blood tests cannot detect throat cancer. However, they can help indicate a person’s overall health. Doctors may use them to determine whether a person is a suitable candidate for certain types of ...