Head & Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges

From ancient history to modern diagnostic methods, this volume offers a broad understanding of aspects related to head and neck cancer. It also clearly defines the path that cancer patients will face and how all the various parts of their treatment interact.

This is a nearly complete collection of Chapters that provide an up to date overview of all aspects of Head and Neck cancer. It is written by professionals but is not only intended for other professionals, but students, patients, policy makers, etc. There are so many aspects to this group of diseases that even the most seasoned professional will learn something from having read this book.

It is written by professionals for professionals and de-mystifies terms, techniques, procedures, etc Takes the read from very basic to advanced concepts It clearly defines that path that cancer patients will face, and how all the various parts of their treatment interact Global in the nature of the content -basic science to clinical It is a fantastic primer for anyone you wants to come into the field (medical & dental students) or those who have been thrust into the field (patients, care givers, family members, policy makers)

Inhalt

1 Overview of Head and Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges.- 2 A Disease Without History? Evidence For The Antiquity of Head and Neck Cancers.- 3 Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology and Health Services Research.- 4 Challenges in Community-Based Head and Neck Cancer Prevention Programs.- 5 Head and Neck Anatomy.- 6 Screening and Patient Examination.- 7 Benign Neoplasms of the Head and Neck.- 8 Benign Non-Neoplastic Lesions of the Head and Neck.- 9 Pathology of Head and Neck Cancer I: Epithelial and Related Tumors.- 10 Pathology of Head and Neck Cancer II: Mesenchymal and Lymphoid Tumors.- 11 Cytopathology of Head and Neck Lesions.- 12 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck and Cervix: Overlap and Distinctions.- 13 Viruses and Head and Neck Cancer.- 14 Head and Neck Carcinogenesis: A Product of Complex Evolutionary Forces.- 15 Nutrition and Head and Neck Cancer.- 16 Treatment Planning Considerations.- 17 Medical Oncology: Planning Considerations and Practices.- 18 Role of Surgery in Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer.- 19 **Diagnostic Imaging Considerations.- 20 Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Cancers.- 21 Laser Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer.- 22 Photodynamic Therapy (PDT): An Evolving Therapeutic Technique in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment.- 23 The Changing Face of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics.- 24 Complications from Surgical Treatment of Oral Cancer.- 25 Psychological issues in Head and Neck Cancer.- 26 Quality of Life Issues in Research and Clinical Practice.- 27 Cancer Drugs, Clinical Trials, and Regulatory Agencies.- 28 Drugs to Treat Head and Neck Cancers: Mechanisms of Action.- 29 Biological Treatments.- 30 Role of Mitochondria in Head and Neck Cancer.- 31 ****Genetic Susceptibility to Head and Neck Cancer.- 32 Biomarkers for Head and Neck Cancer.- 33 The Role of microRNA in Head and Neck Cancer.- 34 Detection of Oral Cancer Using Salivary Diagnostics.