A recent study in Shanghai, China, associated high intakes of salt-preserved fish and meat with an increased risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer. N-nitroso compounds in the salted foods may play a role in carcinogenesis. The relationship of salted meat consumption to oropharyngeal cancer risk has also... 

S. M. Zeitels, C. W. Vaughan and S. Ruh Otolaryngology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, MA. Suprahyoid pharyngotomy has been utilized as the standard approach to tongue base cancer not involving the larynx or mandible for the last 6 years at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical... 

F. A. Pugliano, J. F. Piccirillo, M. R. Zequeira, B. Emami, C. A. Perez, J. R. Simpson and J. M. Fredrickson Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo, USA. OBJECTIVE: To improve the classification and survival estimates for patients with oropharyngeal cancer... 

William J. Blot1, Joseph K. McLaughlin, Deborah M. Winn, Donald F. Austin, Raymond S. Greenberg, Susan Preston-Martin, Leslie Bernstein, Janet B. Schoenberg, Annette Stemhagen and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 [W. J. B., J. K. M., J. F. F.]; National Center... 

Jacqueline R. Starr2, Janet R. Daling, E. Dawn Fitzgibbons, Margaret M. Madeleine, Rhoda Ashley, Denise A. Galloway and Stephen M. Schwartz Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 [J. R. S., J. R. D., M. M. M., S. M. S.];... 

General Information Oropharyngeal cancer is uncommon; in the United States, an estimated 8,300 new cases of pharyngeal cancer, including cancers of the oropharynx and hypopharynx, are diagnosed each year, with an estimated mortality of 2,000 deaths.[1] Worldwide, cancers of the oropharynx and hypopharynx... 

DG Pfister, LB Harrison, EW Strong, JP Shah, RW Spiro, DH Kraus, JG Armstrong, MJ Zelefsky, DE Fass and MH Weiss Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021. PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a strategy using induction chemotherapy followed... 

A study of 100 women diagnosed with cancers at the back of the throat, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has linked human papillomavirus (HPV) with throat cancer. It concluded oral HPV infection was associated with oropharyngeal cancer among people with or without the other risk factors... 

Imaging studies have an important role in defining the extent of oropharyngeal neoplasms and coming to an accurate staging of these lesions. Besides influencing treatment choice, imaging studies can also be used to monitor tumour response to treatment, and as an adjunct to clinical follow-up in order... 

1.        Voice, Speech and Language Service and Swallowing Center Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, IL Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Center, Chicago, IL 2.        Northwestern University Evanston, IL 3.        The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center...