1.
What distinct areas constitute the oral cavity and what is the lymphatic drainage of each site?
2.
White oral lesions vs. red oral lesions
3.
A patient is referred to you for brown pigmentation of gingiva-what could it be?
4.
Review lichen planus.
5.
Follicular lymphoid hyperplasia and necrotizing sialometaplasia
6.
Describe non-epidermoid malignancies of the oral cavity
7.
Describe the four morphologic growth patterns of oral cavity cancer
8.
Compare and contrast upper vs. lower lip cancer, risk for lymph node metastases, and surgical management and reconstruction.
9.
Discuss the surgical management of the mandible in FOM carcinoma.
10.
Discuss the treatment of the clinically negative neck in oral cavity scca.
Reference(s):
Fasunla, A. J., Greene, B. H., Timmesfeld, N., Wiegand, S., Werner, J. A., & Sesterhenn, A. M. (2011). A meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials on elective neck dissection versus therapeutic neck dissection in oral cavity cancers with clinically node-negative neck. Oral Oncology, 47(5), 320–324.
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What is the role of sentinel lymh node biopsy in the management of oral cavity cancer?
Reference(s):
Mehta, V. & Nathan, C.-A. (2016). What is the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in early‐stage oral cavity carcinoma? Laryngoscope, 126(1), 9-10.
Schilling, C., Stoeckli, S. J., Haerle, S. K., Broglie, M. A., Huber, G. F., Sorensen, J. A., … McGurk, M. (2015). Sentinel European Node Trial (SENT): 3-year results of sentinel node biopsy in oral cancer. European Journal of Cancer (Oxford, England : 1990), 51(18), 2777–2784.
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Discuss human papillomavirus (HPV) and its role in the etiology of oral cavity cancers.