Case 6

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Case 6 Presentation A 69-year-old woman became aware of a right upper neck swelling during an upper respiratory tract infection. Although the acute symptoms resolved, the mass persisted. She has…

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Case 5

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Case 5 Presentation A 58-year-old man who is a TV reporter presents to your office with a 2-month history of pharyngeal foreign body sensation. He reports a long history of…

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Case 4

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Case 4 Presentation A 55-year-old teacher presents with hoarseness that has worsened over the past month and now interferes with his occupation. He has a history of smoking 10 cigarettes…

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Case 3

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Case 3 Presentation A 38-year-old man of Southern Chinese ancestry presents to your office with a 3-month history of a progressively enlarging left neck mass associated with intermittent right nasal…

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Case 2

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Case 2 Presentation A 59-year-old man presents to your office with complaints of swelling over the right side of the neck of 3 months’ duration and otalgia for 1 month….

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Case 1

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Case 1 Presentation A 56-year-old man presents to your office with a progressive painful ulcer of the tongue of 3 months’ duration. The lesion started as a painless ulcer, which…

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Cost and Cost Effectiveness Considerations

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Cost and Cost Effectiveness Considerations Bruce E. Hillner Cancer care costs have been growing faster than the overall rates of health care, especially over the last 20 years. The combination…

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Reproductive Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors

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Reproductive Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors Kathryn J. Ruddy Elizabeth S. Ginsburg INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies in women of childbearing age. Approximately 10%…

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Overview of Survivorship Issues

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Overview of Survivorship Issues Ann H. Partridge Larissa Nekhlyudov OVERVIEW Cancer survivorship has been defined as the period of time from diagnosis through the balance of a person’s life (1)….

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