Head and neck cancer: a multidisciplinary approach

General principles of head and neck pathology; Clinical evaluation of the head and neck cancer patient; Prognostic factors in patients with head and neck cancer; Radiologic evaluation of the head and neck cancer patient; Novel radiation therapy techniques in the management of head and neck cancer; New approaches: robotics and endoscopic head and neck surgery; Targeted agents in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck; Multidisciplinary reconstruction of the head and neck: general principles; Dental oncology and maxillofacial prosthetics; Interdisciplinary symptom management; Evaluation and rehabilitation of speech, voice and swallowing functions after treatment of head and neck cancer; Human papillomavirus - associated head and neck carcinoma; Chemoprevention; Management of the neck; metastatic cancer of the neck from unknown primary site; Cancer of the oral cavity; Cancer of the oropharynx; Cancer of the larynx; Cancer of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus; Cancer of the nasal vestibule, nasal cavity, prarnasal sinuses, anterior skull base, and orbit: surgical management; Cancer of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinus: radiation therapy and chemotherapy management; Cancer of the nasopharynx; Basal and squamous cell skin cancers; Melanoma of the head and neck; Management if salivary gland tumors; Primary and recurrent disease of the lateral skull base; Paragangliomas of the head and neck; Cancer of the thyroid and parathyroid; Soft tissue and bone sarcomas of the head and neck; Systemic targeted therapy for recurrent and metastatic head and neck dwuamous cell cancer

Head and Neck Cancer is the first, truly multi-disciplinary book in this field. The focus is the 2-part approach that any physician treating these patients must follow: maximize the chance for a cure while maintaining a strong emphasis on quality of life. Although the overall incidence of head and neck cancer is not as great as breast or lung, it is a very devastating form of cancer which has tremendous implications not only on the overall health of the patient, but on his or her appearance and quality of life.