Oral oncologyPub Date : 2025-07-28DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107561
Aruliah Rajasekar
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: HCV infection in head and neck cancer patients: Implications for screening and prognosis in a low prevalence setting","authors":"Aruliah Rajasekar","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107561","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107561","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This commentary highlights a recent study published in <em>Oral Oncology</em> examining the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in Brazil. The study, conducted at the National Cancer Institute (INCA), revealed a notably higher prevalence of HCV in HNSCC patients and a potential link to increased risk of second primary tumors. These findings underscore the need for targeted screening and early intervention strategies, particularly among high-risk groups. The study offers important insights into the role of HCV in extrahepatic malignancies and its implications for clinical practice and public health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 107561"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oral oncologyPub Date : 2025-07-28DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107563
Sharfunnisa SH
{"title":"Letter to the editor “reframing nutritional support in head and neck cancer: insights from a prospective cohort study”","authors":"Sharfunnisa SH","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107563","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107563","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 107563"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144713576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oral oncologyPub Date : 2025-07-27DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107510
Hanna M Hieromnimon, Anna Trzcinska, Frank T Wen, Frederick M Howard, James M Dolezal, Emma Dyer, Sara Kochanny, Jefree J Schulte, Cindy Wang, Heather Chen, Jeffrey Chin, Elizabeth Blair, Nishant Agrawal, Ari Rosenberg, Everett Vokes, Rohan Katipally, Aditya Juloori, Evgeny Izumchenko, Mark W Lingen, Nicole Cipriani, Jalal B Jalaly, Devraj Basu, Samantha J Riesenfeld, Alexander T Pearson
{"title":"Corrigendum to \"Analysis of AI foundation model features decodes the histopathologic landscape of HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinomas\". [Oral Oncol. 163 (2025) 107207].","authors":"Hanna M Hieromnimon, Anna Trzcinska, Frank T Wen, Frederick M Howard, James M Dolezal, Emma Dyer, Sara Kochanny, Jefree J Schulte, Cindy Wang, Heather Chen, Jeffrey Chin, Elizabeth Blair, Nishant Agrawal, Ari Rosenberg, Everett Vokes, Rohan Katipally, Aditya Juloori, Evgeny Izumchenko, Mark W Lingen, Nicole Cipriani, Jalal B Jalaly, Devraj Basu, Samantha J Riesenfeld, Alexander T Pearson","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107510","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":" ","pages":"107510"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144732565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on “Mandibular swing approach: 25 years of experience at Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan”","authors":"Madhan Krishnan, Shyamaladevi Babu, Azmathullah Rahmathullah","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107554","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 107554"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144713474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on: From mutation maps to clinical impact: Unraveling OSCC genomics in a japanese nationwide cohort","authors":"Madhan Krishnan, Shyamaladevi Babu, Azmathullah Rahmathullah","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107555","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 107555"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144713044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Bridging surgical outcomes and oral function: the role of OVAT in post-glossectomy evaluation","authors":"Madhan Krishnan, Shyamaladevi Babu, Azmathullah Rahmathullah","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107553","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 107553"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144713012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oral oncologyPub Date : 2025-07-26DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107537
Jin Peng , Zhifeng Liang , Jiaye Wang , Guoying Wang
{"title":"Comment on effects of diagnostic delays in head and neck cancer patients presenting to the emergency department","authors":"Jin Peng , Zhifeng Liang , Jiaye Wang , Guoying Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 107537"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144704262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oral oncologyPub Date : 2025-07-26DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107541
Jayaraman Narenkumar , Punniyakotti Parthipan
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis and disease stage in HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer: insights and future directions","authors":"Jayaraman Narenkumar , Punniyakotti Parthipan","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107541","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107541","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The recent publication titled <em>“The Collateral Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer Diagnosis”</em> offers a timely investigation into how the pandemic influenced diagnostic delays and disease severity at presentation among patients with oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). Given that delays in diagnosis are closely associated with disease progression and poorer clinical outcomes, this study underscores the critical importance of timely detection. By analyzing and comparing patient cohorts from pre-pandemic and pandemic periods, the authors reveal shifts in diagnostic trends during a time of global healthcare disruption. The study’s robust sample size of 157 consecutive patients, coupled with the use of objective clinical metrics such as TNM staging and gross tumor volumes (GTVs), enhances the reliability of its findings. A notable increase in the proportion of patients presenting with advanced nodal disease and stage III cancer during the pandemic is reported. Although statistical significance was not reached for diagnostic or treatment delays, the clinical relevance of these trends remains clear. Approximately half of the delays were attributed to COVID-19-related factors, including reduced healthcare access and patient hesitancy. These findings have substantial implications for healthcare systems and policymakers. The authors advocate for targeted interventions, such as public awareness campaigns and virtual triage, to reduce delays in future health emergencies. Further multicenter and prospective studies are encouraged to explore regional variations and patient-reported outcomes. I commend the <em>Oral Oncology</em> editorial team and authors for their commitment to publishing impactful research that fosters innovation and improves patient care in head and neck oncology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 107541"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144704263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oral oncologyPub Date : 2025-07-26DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107546
Madhan Krishnan, Shyamaladevi Babu
{"title":"Commentary on Lee et al: From crisis to diagnosis: redefining the emergency department’s role in head and neck cancer detection","authors":"Madhan Krishnan, Shyamaladevi Babu","doi":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107546","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107546","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19716,"journal":{"name":"Oral oncology","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 107546"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144704264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}