Neel R. Sangal

Apr 10, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Praneet Kaki |Doreen Lam |Neel R. Sangal |Karthik Rajasekaran

1 INTRODUCTION Since 2005, transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has provided head and neck (H&N) surgeons with a minimally invasive technique to resect tumors of the oropharynx and oral cavity.1 In addition to facilitating access to hard-to-reach anatomic sites that otherwise require an open, mandible splitting approach with significant morbidity, TORS reduces complications and shortens recovery time compared with nonrobotic transoral approaches for comparative tumors.2, 3 Traditionally, TORS...

Apr 4, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Neel R. Sangal |Ashna Aggarwal |Karthik Rajasekaran |Doreen Lam

Preoperative Circulating Tumor HPV DNA and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Disease Key PointsQuestion  What is the association of preoperative circulating tumor human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA levels with disease burden in patients with HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma who have undergone transoral robotic surgery?