Main 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.

Contents:

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.