Description
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. 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 & 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.
