T he term head and neck cancer describes a wide range of malignancies that arise from the mucosa of the upper aerodigest ive tract and salivary glands, as well as the skin and lymphatic system of the head and neck region (Figures 1a and b). Around 4000 people in Australia are diagnosed with head and neck cancer each year (70% men and 30% women). Head and neck mucosal squamous cell carcinoma (HA...

Introduction NHH/NNH are 3% of the head-neck-cancers. Due to low prevalence, late diagnosis and adverse prognosis, there few evidence based therapeutic approaches data on OS/PFS. In this study we analyze impact smoking comorbidity

BACKGROUND Most patients with head and neck cancers in our environment present late and usually first to the general surgeons whose practice is to subject these patients to open cervical lymph node biopsy without a prior examination under anesthesia and endoscopic biopsy from the primary tumor site in order to obtain a histological diagnosis. This paper presents the influence of open cervical l...