Parathyroid Cancer

Head and Neck Cancers: The Basics

What is the "head and neck"? This may seem like a silly question to address, but it is important when talking about head and neck cancers that you understand exactly which areas the cancer includes. The pharynx is a tube about 5 inches long, extending from the back of the nose to the area where the esophagus (tube to the stomach) and the trachea (tube to the lungs) both begin. In terms of head and neck cancers, the pharynx and the surrounding structures are divided into several areas: Oral cavity: includes the lips, front part of the tongue, roof of the mouth (hard palate), floor of the mouth, parts of the gum line (alveolar ridge), and the inside lining of the cheeks (buccal mucosa) Nasopharynx: includes the nasopharynx (area of the pharynx behind the nose) and the lining of the nose Oropharynx: includes the posterior pharynx wall (area of the pharynx behind the mouth), the ... read more on Head and Neck Cancers: The Basics

NCI Resources

NCI CANCERLIT^® Search: Parathyroid Cancer - October 2001
Ectopic parathyroid adenomas located at the carotid bifurcation: the role of preoperative Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy and the intraoperative Unilateral versus bilateral neck exploration in parathyroid surgery: an assessment of 55 cases....

NCI CANCERLIT^® Search: Parathyroid Cancer - September 2001
Table of ContentsFamilial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism--a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 variant?Telomerase is not activated in human hyperplastic and adenomatous parathyroid tissue.Hypercalcemia due to parathyroid...

NCI CANCERLIT^® Search: Parathyroid Cancer - April 2002
Parathyroid adenoma in a subject with familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia: coincidence or causality? Parathyroid cytology: avoiding diagnostic pitfalls. Technetium-99m-sestamibi/pertechnetate subtraction scintigraphy vs ultrasonography...