Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Cancer 1st Edition by Robert Haddad ISBN 1617050121 9781617050121

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ISBN 10: 1617050121 
ISBN 13: 9781617050121
Author: Robert Haddad

Head and neck cancer is a very common cancer worldwide with an estimated 500,000 individuals diagnosed each year. In the United States an average of 39,000 new cases are reported each year representing between 3 to 5% of all new cancer cases diagnosed annually. Head and neck cancers are more common in men and in individuals over the age of 50.

The treatment of head and neck cancer is extremely challenging and involves insight and expertise from multiple disciplines. Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Cancer is a comprehensive textbook looking at different aspects of head and neck cancer, including the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for patients with this disease. The chapters written by world-renowned experts cover the entire discipline of head and neck oncology and include discussion of the role of HPV infections, advances in radiotherapy, new surgical techniques, novel agents in thyroid therapy and more. The book is designed to be both practical and comprehensive for the physicians treating this complex disease.

Features of Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Cancer include:

• A chapter on the role of HPV infections in head and neck cancer
• A chapter on new advances in radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, including review IMRT, new standards and potential pitfalls
• Detailed discussion of the role of chemotherapy in head and neck cancer, including commonly used drugs and how to combine them with radiotherapy to improve patient outcomes
• Detailed discussion on incorporating novel agents with radiotherapy
• Detailed discussion of novel therapeutics in head and neck cancer, including new drugs and biologics

Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Cancer 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Role of HPV Infections in Head and Neck Cancer
HPV AS ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR
HPV AS PROGNOSTIC FACTOR
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Chapter 2: State of the Art in Radiation Oncology in the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Head and Nec
INTRODUCTION
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY: TARGET DELINEATION/IMAGING
SUMMARY
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY: TREATMENT DELIVERY
SUMMARY
FRACTIONATION
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE AND RADIATION THERAPY
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 3: Molecularly Targeted Agents in Recurrent, Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head
INTRODUCTION
CELLULAR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS
TUMOR VASCULATURE
CELL CYCLE INHIBITORS
OTHER MECHANISMS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Chapter 4: Induction Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: An Evolving Concept
BACKGROUND
TAXANES
OTHER INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMENS
SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK
REFERENCES
Chapter 5: Endoscopic Head and Neck Surgery: The Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery Within Multidi
INTRODUCTION
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
Chapter 6: Incorporating Novel Agents With Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Locall
INTRODUCTION
STANDARD TREATMENT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED SCCHN
INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY
PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME AFTER TREATMENT WITH EGFR INHIBITORS
CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
KEY POINTS
REFERENCES
Chapter 7: Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer
BACKGROUND
THE RATIONALE FOR CRT IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
CLINICAL DATA
ADJUVANT CONCURRENT CRT
ALTERED FRACTIONATION RADIATION THERAPY
TOXICITY OF CRT
EVOLVING PARADIGMS/FUTURE DIRECTIONS
KEY POINTS
REFERENCES
Chapter 8: Multidisciplinary Management of Thyroid Cancer
DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER
ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA
MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
Chapter 9: Evaluation and Treatment of Dysphagia and Aspiration in Head and Neck Cancer
INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 10: Functional Imaging of Head and Neck Cancer with Positron Emission Tomography
INTRODUCTION
PRINCIPLES OF PET
STAGING
MANAGEMENT
THERAPEUTIC MONITORING AND PROGNOSIS
SURVEILLANCE AND RESTAGING FOR RECURRENCE HNSCC
COST EFFECTIVENESS
BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION WITH PET
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Chapter 11: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances in Multidisciplinary Care for Nasopharyngeal Cancer
INTRODUCTION
INCREASING UNDERSTANDING OF MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS
EBV DNA: PROGNOSTICATION AND MONITORING
ADVANCES IN RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING
ADVANCES IN TREATMENT OF NONMETASTATIC NPC
ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF LOCAL RECURRENCE
ADVANCES IN CYTOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC DISEASE

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