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Published	10/29/2024	how to estimated the LN lv If it is not possible to assess the levels of lymph nodes
Published	10/29/2024	6 lvs of neck w/ sublevels pic
Published	10/29/2024	superselective neck dissection defined by?
Published	10/29/2024	which type of cancers should include ENE status in the report?
Published	10/29/2024	regional LN for hypopharynx includes?
Published	10/29/2024	regional LN for oropharynx includes?
Published	10/29/2024	regional LN for nasopharynx includes?
Published	10/29/2024	which locations tend to give rise to a metastatic cervical carcinoma with an unknown primary (MCCUP) as a _____ neck mass?
Published	10/29/2024	SCC, the most common histologic type of cervical neck metastasis, often derives from?
Published	10/29/2024	what is the single most impt prognostic factor in aerodigestive cancer?
Published	10/29/2024	which factor is associated w/ decrease in dx-specific survival & overall survival?
Published	10/29/2024	the most significant prognostic factors for tumors of the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx?
Published	10/29/2024	pharynx anatomy pic
Published	10/29/2024	NUT gene translocation can be detected through?
Published	10/29/2024	most reliable detection method for EBV?
Published	10/29/2024	which virus is associated w/ non-keratinizing types of nasopharyngeal carcinomas?
Published	10/29/2024	what method is used to predict the presence of HNSCC?
Published	10/29/2024	which LN lv involves a more extensive radiographic protocol to identify the primary tumor location and carries a more unfavorable prognosis?
Published	10/29/2024	Lymph nodes greater than 3 cm (N2) likely represent?
Published	10/29/2024	SND:central compartment neck dissection includes LN at which LV?
Published	10/29/2024	SND:Lateral neck dissection includes LN at which lv?
Published	10/29/2024	SND:posterolateral neck dissection includes LN at which lv?
Published	10/29/2024	SND:supraomohyoid neck dissection includes LN at which lv?
Published	10/29/2024	Measurement of the metastatic focus in the lymph node is based on the?
Published	10/29/2024	Macroscopic positive LN:- what to do if ENE is seen? is not seen?
Published	10/29/2024	Involvement of buccinator, prevascular facial, submandibular, upper jugular, and (occasionally) retropharyngeal nodes may occur with?
Published	10/29/2024	clearance of ( close margin): - oral cavity ?- maxilla?
Published	10/29/2024	-reporting of surgical margins should include? -what should be noted in the report because it carries a significant risk for subsequent local recurren…
Published	10/29/2024	nasal cavity paranasal sinuses T-stage pic
Published	10/29/2024	what method to use for mucosal melanoma bx?
Published	10/29/2024	where does oropharyngeal carcinomas ( HPV16 +) arise from? type?
Published	10/29/2024	which condition of salivary gland cancers is rare in low grade tumors but is considerably higher in high grade tumors?
Published	10/29/2024	Mucoepidermoid carcinoma:- tends to affect which structure?- spreads to ?
Published	10/29/2024	How can the cross-sectional diameter of the largest lymph node metastasis (not the lymph node itself) is measured?
Published	10/29/2024	- Measurement of a metastatic focus in lymph nodes is based on?
Published	10/29/2024	what designation is used for indicating metastasis above the lower border of cricoid? - metastasis below the lower border of cricoid?
Published	10/29/2024	regional disseminations tends to progress from _____ to ____?
Published	10/29/2024	what is the single most significant predictor of poor prognosis in head and neck cancer of virtually all sites
Published	10/29/2024	what are the indicators for neck dissection - radiation therapy & poor survival?
Published	10/29/2024	3 types of margins?
Published	10/29/2024	Major salivary glands pic
Published	10/29/2024	how to identify a pleomorphic adenoma may undergo malignant change as carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma?
Published	10/29/2024	how to distinguish Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma from zymogen-poor acinic cell carcinoma, low-grade cribriform cystadenocarcinoma, mucoepidermo…
Published	10/29/2024	how to differentiate hyalinizing cell carcinoma from clear cell mucoepidermoid carcinoma & SCC w/ clear cell change?
Published	10/29/2024	MYB overexpression is used for?
Published	10/29/2024	what method is used to differentiate mucoepidermoid carcinoma variants from aggressive salivary gland carcinomas?
Published	10/29/2024	what is the most common malignant salivary gland carcinoma? affect what gland?
Published	10/29/2024	Salivary duct carcinomas frequently express?
Published	10/29/2024	which method can be used to identify salivary duct, mucoepidermoid carcinomas, adenoid cystic carcinomas and adenocarcinomas?
Published	10/29/2024	Extranodal extension, a predictor of regional relapse and a criterion for postoperative radiotherapy is indicated by?Radical neck dissection # of ln? …
Published	10/29/2024	Lymph nodes over 3 cm in greatest dimension may represent?
Published	10/29/2024	Involvement of internodal fat resulting in loss of the normal oval-to-round nodal shape suggests?
Published	10/29/2024	regional LN: anterior oral tongue?
Published	10/29/2024	regional LN: lip includes?
Published	10/29/2024	An ideal therapeutic margin is?a close margins are defined as ___mm & __ mm w/ respect to glottis larynxwhat is the single most impt prognostic factor…
Published	10/29/2024	Tumor or carcinoma in situ/high-grade dysplasia with close margins is a predictor of?
Published	10/29/2024	how to take section if:-the tumor macroscopically approximates a margin to - the tumor is relatively distant from a margin? - bone margin? - gingival …
Published	10/29/2024	lip & oral T-stage pic
Published	10/29/2024	which involvement is clinical significance bc it carries more unfavorable prognosis?what is the most significant prognostic factor?
Published	10/29/2024	how to measure endophytic tumors?
Published	10/29/2024	how to measure ulcerated tumors?
Published	10/29/2024	how to measure exophytic tumors?
Published	10/29/2024	sagittal view of oral cavity
Published	10/29/2024	anterior view of oral cavity
Published	10/29/2024	which will help confirm a mucosal melanoma diagnosis?
Published	10/29/2024	what is now a mainstay of HPVHNSCC of the head and neck with its high sensitivity and high specificity?
Published	10/29/2024	which method has lower specificity than PCR but enables visualization of tumor cells and localization of positivity
Published	10/29/2024	Which method has high sensitivity, but lower specificity, giving rise to false positives?
Published	10/29/2024	what type of HPV is involved in oropharyngeal carcinoma?These carcinomas arise predominantly from?type?
Published	10/29/2024	Def of:- selective neck dissection:? - superselective neck dissection?- Modified radical neck dissection?
Published	10/29/2024	how many LN to include in? - radical neck dissection?- modified radical neck dissection?- Selective neck dissection
Published	10/29/2024	A 6 cm mass consisting of multiple matted nodes is considered?
Published	10/29/2024	If a single mass of less than 3 cm positive lymph nodes consists of several matted nodes, the N stage is considered pN___?
Published	10/29/2024	Extranodal extension, a predictor of regional relapse and a criterion for postoperative radiotherapy, is indicated by__close margins are ___mm; & __mm…
Published	10/29/2024	The presence of matting is an indication of?
Published	10/29/2024	which premalignant lesion are are commonly associated with ominous histopathologic alterations, including severe dysplasia, CIS or invasive carcinoma?…
Published	10/29/2024	The clinical appearance of premalignant or "incipient" lesions of the mucosal surface of the upper aerodi-gestive tract include?
Published	10/29/2024	laryngectomies:mucosal margins include (3)?
Published	10/29/2024	laryngectomies:- how to submit if tumor is less than or equal to 5 mm from the margin? - more than 5mm? - soft tissue margins?
Published	10/29/2024	laryngectomies:how to take section for:- Circumferential inferior tracheal ring? - Mucosal margins
Published	10/29/2024	mucosal melanoma tend to arise in?
Published	10/29/2024	paraglottic space is impt route of?
Published	10/29/2024	the supraglottic tumor often speads to neck nodes via?
Published	10/29/2024	transglottic cancer: pre-epiglottic space & paraglottic space? pic
Published	10/29/2024	transglottic pic
Published	10/29/2024	transglottic cancer:- how does ventricular lesion spread?- lesion invades?
Published	10/29/2024	subglottic pic
Published	10/29/2024	subglottic pic?
Published	10/29/2024	Subglottic cancer: - vocal cord lesions extending? have a tendency for ___invasion- what type of node is involved?
Published	10/29/2024	subglottic cancer:- involves?- how does primary tumor spread? which one is more common?
Published	10/29/2024	pic glottic:
Published	10/29/2024	Glottic cancer: - Anterior commissure lesions invade cartilage through? superior to? inferiorly to?- nodal metastasis occur in?
Published	10/29/2024	Glottic cancer:- thyroid cartilage invasion is common in? - Extralaryngeal spread occurs? ( anterior midline thru? laterally thru?)
Published	10/29/2024	Glottic cancer: - involves which structures? - Glottic lesion with mobile cord indicates?- Glottic lesion with fixed cord indicates?
Published	10/29/2024	pic supraglottic
Published	10/29/2024	pic supraglottic
Published	10/29/2024	Supraglottic cancer:- Arytenoid and aryepiglottic fold lesions usually extend to? - Thyroid cartilage involvement occurs via- Lymph node metastases oc…
Published	10/29/2024	Supraglottic cancer:- suprahyoid epiglottic tumors tend to spread to?- infrahyoid epiglottic tumors tend to invade? - False cord tumors?- ventricle tu…
Published	10/29/2024	Supraglottic cancer:- localize? spread?- involves which structures?- tumor behavior?- where is exophytic tumors tend to remain?- where is ulcerative t…
Published	10/29/2024	For staging purposes, laryngeal cancer is divided into?For indicating tumor location, laryngeal carcinoma is divided into?
Published	10/29/2024	pic
Published	10/29/2024	pic
Published	10/29/2024	o Larynx, transglottic
Published	10/29/2024	o Larynx, subglottis:
Published	10/29/2024	Larynx, glottis includes?
Published	10/29/2024	Larynx, supraglottic includes?
Published	10/29/2024	what is the connection between HPV w/ Laryngeal carcinoma?
Published	10/29/2024	what is frequently overexpressed in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) - predictive value independent of treatment & and adverselyinfluences ove…
Published	10/29/2024	what type of mutation in HNSCC that present in dysplastic lesions & residual cancer cells?
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