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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51564#.VG2VyDRATyR Author(s)   Anoop Attakkil ,  Vandana Thorawade ,  Mohan Jagade ,  Rajesh Kar ,  Kartik Parelkar ,  Poonam Khairnar ,  Reshma Hanowate ,  Devkumar Rangaraja Affiliation(s) Department of ENT, Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Hospital, Mumbai, India . ABSTRACT Cancer of the external auditory canal (EAC) and middle ear (ME) is rare, accounting for less than 1% of all head-and-neck malignancies [1] [2] of which squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common. Even though squamous cell carcinoma [SCC] of the middle ear and chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) co-exist, no definitive correlation has been proven. Here we are presenting a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the middle ear who presented with headache, fever and vomiting with a background history of chronic suppurative otitis media since childhood. A provisional diagno...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50828#.VE3BQVfHRK0 Author(s) Penny Muange 1* , Mark Chindia 1 , Wambeti Njiru 1 , Elizabeth Dimba 1 , Regina Mutave 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya . 2 Department of Periodontology/Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya . ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the clinico-histopathologic variations and etiological factors associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional hospital based study was conduc...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50380#.VDy9v1fHRK0 Author(s)   Naoki Watanabe 1 , Masahito Shimizu 2 , Takahiro Kochi 2 , Yohei Shirakami 2 , Takuji Tanaka 1,3* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Diagnostic Pathology (DDP) & Research Center of Diagnostic Pathology (RC-DiP), Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan . 2 Department of Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan . 3 Department of Tumor Pathology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan . ABSTRACT Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer death and remains one of the least survivable cancers. Esophageal cancers show wide variations in incidence in different...