E. Tilley

Role of chest CT in staging of oropharyngeal cancer: a systematic review.

The prevalence of synchronous or metastatic tumors in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) ranges from 6% to 20% and has implications for prognosis and management of the primary disease. There is no consensus about the role of chest CT prior to definitive treatment patients with HNSCC.

A 75 year history of a neck lump – is this a record for a patient referred to a one stop clinic?

The one stop rapid access neck lump clinic for suspected ead and neck cancers was introduced to comply with NICE uidelines for improving outcomes1 and has been found to mprove the patients’ pathway.2 In addition to other criteria, he service guidelines recommend referral for a neck lump hat has persisted for three weeks or more. We recently saw an otherwise fit 84 year old lady was in our apid access clinic with a left submandibular mass. On further uestioning it was apparent that the lump had been present or 75 years, and she had a lymphadenectomy for cervical