title: Recent advances in oral oncology 2008; squamous cell carcinoma imaging, treatment, prognostication and treatment outcomes.
abstract: This paper provides a synopsis of the main papers on diagnosis, imaging, treatment, prognostication and treatment outcomes in patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and head and neck SCC (HNSCC) published in 2008 in Oral Oncology - an international interdisciplinary journal which publishes high quality original research, clinical trials and review articles, and all other scientific articles relating to the aetiopathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with neoplasms in the head and neck, and orofacial disease in patients with malignant disease.
authors.affiliation: University College London, London, UK. crispian.scully@eastman.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Crispian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
authors.forename: Jose V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Bagan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome