caa a22 4500 477086853 CHVBK 20180405111505.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00178285 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00178285 Panendoscopy as a screening procedure for simultaneous primary tumors in head and neck cancer [Elektronische Daten] [I. Dhooge, M. De Vos, F. Albers, P. Van Cauwenberge] Head and neck cancer is often associated with second primary neoplasms. These cancers most commonly involve other regions of the head and neck, esophagus, and lung. The majority of cases are also squamous cell carcinomas. In view of this rather frequent occurrence of multiple primary cancers and how they adversely affect the patient's survival, it becomes imperative to analyze how the clinician can intervene effectively. One such approach is to detect multiple primaries as early as possible. As such, panendoscopy as a part of the tumor-staging procedure has been advocated by many investigators to search for simultaneous second primary malignant neoplasms in patients presenting with head and neck cancer. In a 24-month period, data were gathered from 127 consecutive patients referred to University Hospital, Ghent with previously untreated, squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. One hundred-eighteen patients underwent an endoscopic examination under general anesthesia, during which 4 simultaneous second primary tumors were found in 3 patients. This represents an incidence of 3.4% of simultaneous second primary neoplasms. The results for the different parts of the endoscopy are discussed and compared with literature findings. Guidelines are given for the initial evaluation of the head and neck cancer patient. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Panendoscopy nationallicence Synchronous neoplasms nationallicence Dhooge I. Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, de Pintelaan 185, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium aut De Vos M. Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium aut Albers F. Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Van Cauwenberge P. Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, de Pintelaan 185, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer-Verlag 253/6(1996-08-01), 319-324 0937-4477 253:6<319 1996 253 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178285 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178285 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dhooge I. Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, de Pintelaan 185, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Vos M. Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Albers F. Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Cauwenberge P. Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, de Pintelaan 185, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer-Verlag 253/6(1996-08-01), 319-324 0937-4477 253:6<319 1996 253 405 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer