Head and neck cancer : a multidisciplinary approach / / editors, Louis B. Harrison, MD, FASTRO, Physician-in-Chief, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Chairman and Gerald J. Friedman Chair of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New York, New York, Roy B. Sessions, MD, FACS, Professor, Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Adjunct Professor, Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, Merrill S. Kies. MD, Professor of Medicine, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Onncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2014]; �2014
• Edizione: Fourth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 908 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 616.99/491
• Soggetto topico: Neck - Cancer; Head - Cancer
• Persona (resp. second.): HarrisonLouis B.; SessionsRoy B.; KiesMerrill S.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 to the neck from an unknown primary site -- Cancer of the oral cavity -- Cancer of the oropharynx -- Cancer of the larynx -- Cancers of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus -- Cancer of the nasal vestibule, nasal cavity paranasal 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 of 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 squamous cell cancer.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. The book is a comprehensive textbook that crossed all disciplines and represented a
• Titolo autorizzato: Head and Neck Cancer
• ISBN: 1-4698-3090-6; 1-4698-7476-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789157703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II