Surgical Treatment of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Research of Cancer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2025) | Viewed by 373
Special Issue Editors
2. Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Interests: head and neck; oral cavity; nasopharynx; salivary gland; skull base
2. College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Interests: reconstruction; wound healing; plastic surgery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that I have accepted the invitation from Cancers to be the Editor of this Special Issue about the surgical treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma. The surgical approach concerning resection and reconstruction of oral squamous cell carcinoma has undergone major changes in recent decades, and clinical practice has adjusted accordingly. The dramatic development of minimally invasive techniques and the advances in reconstruction investigations have led to personalized cancer medicine. The role of the surgeon, including head and neck surgeons and plastic surgeons, has therefore changed, and the interrelationships with oncologists and radiotherapists in common clinical practice are nowadays increasingly closer. Modern combination studies between chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and biological agents have dramatically redefined the prognosis of patients with head and neck malignancies. The surgical techniques required modifications by adapting to greater technical complexities related to tissue changes as the result of oncological treatments.
This Special Issue of Cancers therefore aims to reiterate this new trend of head and neck ablative and reconstructive surgery, reaffirming the concept that the treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma according to radiological or biological manifestations still passes through their radical resection.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Ablative surgery for oral squamous cell carcinoma according to radiological or biological characteristics (such as circulating markers or other clinicopathological features).
- New reconstructive surgery or approaches for the head and neck region.
- Induction chemotherapy or immunotherapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma.
- The role of adjuvant treatments, especially proton therapy or other heavy particle therapy, for oral squamous cell carcinoma.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Kai-Ping Chang
Prof. Huang-Kai Kao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oral cavity
- squamous cell carcinoma
- OSCC
- surgery
- head and neck
- resection
- reconstruction
- oncology
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