Radiotherapy is a major treatment for head and neck cancer. Currently, computed tomography (CT) is utilized to delineate the target area and make radiotherapy plans. Compared with CT images, magnetic ...

A sore throat and neck pain are symptoms that commonly co-occur due to many possible causes, ranging from mild infections to more severe conditions.

Researchers have found evidence of a previously unrecognized soft tissue structure in the cheek region of many dinosaur species, which they've called the "exoparia." The finding deepens our ...

Bears rookie wide receiver Luther Burden is out of the team's voluntary offseason workouts because of injury, coach Ben Johnson said Wednesday.

Head and neck cancer is a general term to describe different cancers in this area. These cancers start in the tissues in the head and neck area. For example, in the: mouth which includes the tongue, ...

Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and much more. This is shown in a study from the ...

Inspired by the diverse attachment organs of parasites, researchers have designed a millimeter-scale mechanism for soft tissue anchoring.

A necrotizing soft tissue infection causes patches of tissue to die. It is a very serious and life-threatening condition requiring immediate medical care.

Additional imaging will show soft tissue width of more than 6 mm at C2 and a loss of the normal soft tissue step-off on the lateral neck film and an abscess just anterior to the spine on the ...

FDG-PET/CT imaging performed 3 months after chemoradiation for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma spares many patients from a salvage neck dissection, new data indicate.

Axogen, Inc. announces the launch of its newest product, Avive+ Soft Tissue Matrix™. Avive+™ is intended for use as a soft tissue barrier and is a resorbable, multi-layer amniotic membrane allograft ...

A novel imaging approach—68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT—can more accurately differentiate residual/recurrent tumors from post-surgery scar tissue in patients with head and neck paragangliomas ...