Multidisciplinary management of head and neck cancer / [edited by] Robert I. Haddad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haddad, Robert I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Head--Cancer.

Head.

Neck--Cancer.

Neck.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Head and neck cancer is a very common cancer worldwide with an estimated 500,000 individuals diagnosed each year. In the United States an average of 39,000 new cases are reported each year representing between 3 to 5% of all new cancer cases diagnosed annually. Head and neck cancers are more common in men and in individuals over the age of 50. The treatment of head and neck cancer is extremely challenging and involves insight and expertise from multiple disciplines. Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Cancer is a comprehensive textbook looking at different aspects of head and neck ca

Contents:

Role of HPV infections in head and neck cancer / Lisa Licitra ... [et al.]

State of the art in radiation oncology in the multidisciplinary treatment of head and neck cancer / Roy Tishler and David J. Sher

Molecularly targeted agents in recurrent, metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck / Jonas A. de Souza and Ezra E.W. Cohen

Induction chemotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer : an evolving concept / Jorden H. Lorch

Endoscopic head and neck surgery : the impact of minimally invasive surgery within multidisciplinary care / David G. Grant, Kitti Jantharapattana, and F. Christopher Holsinger

Incorporating novel agents with chemotherapy and radiotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck / Athanasios Kotsakis, Michael K. Gibson, and Athanassios Argiris

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy in head and neck cancer / Orit Gutfeld, Jessica H. Maxwell, and Francis P. Worden

Multidisciplinary management of thyroid cancer? / Yariv Houvras, Sushruta Nagarkatti, and Lori J. Wirth

Evaluation and treatment of dysphagia and aspiration in head and neck cancer / Rosemary Martino and Andrew J. Hope

Functional imaging of head and neck cancer with positron emission / Sandro V. Porceddu, John Waldron, and Rodney J. Hicks

Diagnostic and therapeutic advances in multidisciplinary care for nasopharyngeal cancer / Michael Koon Ming Kam and Anthony Tak Cheung Chan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21513-6

9786613215130

1-61705-012-1

OCLC:

742333391