Richard (Wei Chern) Gan

ENT Skull Base Fellow

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Latest Contribution

Prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer

1 October 2018 | | head and neck, lymphocyte, neutrophil, oropharynx, prognosis

The authors propose that high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with poor disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with human papillomavirus positive (HPV+) oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). This is a retrospective study that compared the outcomes of 43 patients treated for HPV+...

What is the prognostic value of lymph node yield and density in head and neck cancer?

1 September 2018 | | head and neck cancer, lymph node ratio, lymph node yield, prognostic value, systematic review

Neck dissection in addition to surgery of the primary site is commonly recommended in head and neck cancer treatment. However, there has been no consensus on the number of nodes that need to be removed to constitute a sufficient neck...

What to do with incidental findings on FDG PET/CT?

1 July 2018 | | CT, PET, PET/CT, findings, head and neck cancer, imaging, incidental

18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) is commonly used in head and neck cancer staging. This investigation frequently identifies incidental findings unrelated to the index head and neck cancer. To assess the nature of these incidental findings, notes of...