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Cancers of the Head and Neck

Advances in Surgical Therapy, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Charlotte Jacobs

    1. Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

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Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 32)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Advances in surgical therapy

    1. Mandibular reconstruction in the surgical management of head and neck tumors

      • Charles W. Cummings
      Pages 1-9

    2. Extracapsular spread of squamous carcinoma in cervical metastasis

      • Jonas T. Johnson, Eugene N. Myers
      Pages 11-20

    3. The role of a modified neck dissection

      • Robert M. Byers
      Pages 21-29

    4. Extended partial laryngeal surgery

      • Byron J. Bailey, Charles M. Stiernberg
      Pages 31-59

    5. Laser surgery for head and neck cancer

      • Robert H. Ossoff, Robert F. Nemeroff
      Pages 61-70

  3. Advances in radiation therapy/radiology

    1. Radiation therapy with multiple fractions per day in the treatment of head and neck cancer

      • James T. Parsons, Rodney R. Million
      Pages 71-91

    2. Brachytherapy — head and neck cancer

      • Don R. Goffinet
      Pages 93-105

    3. Magnetic resonance imaging of head and neck tumors

      • Keith E. Kortman, James T. Helsper, Wilson S. Wong, William G. Bradley
      Pages 107-142

  4. Advances in chemotherapy/biologic modifiers

    1. Timing of chemotherapy as part of multi-modality treatment in patients with advanced head and neck cancer

      • Muhyi Al-Sarraf
      Pages 143-154

    2. Immunology of the lymph node

      • David E. Schuller
      Pages 155-166

    3. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: relationship to Epstein-Barr virus and treatment with interferon

      • Joseph M. Connors, Charlotte Jacobs
      Pages 167-175

    4. The use of retinoids in head and neck cancer

      • Reuben Lotan, Stimson P. Schantz, Waun Ki Hong
      Pages 177-191

  5. Other management problems

    1. Avoiding biostatistical pitfalls in the design and analysis of head and neck cancer clinical trials

      • Robert Makuch, Mary Johnson
      Pages 193-222

    2. Management of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma

      • Moody D. Wharam Jr., Harold M. Maurer
      Pages 223-243

    3. Current management of cutaneous melanomas of the head and neck

      • Samuel R. Fisher, Cameron A. Gillespie, Hilliard F. Seigler, Ian R. Crocker
      Pages 245-267

    4. Lymphomas of extranodal head and neck sites

      • Charlotte Jacobs
      Pages 269-284

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 285-294
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About this book

Cancers of the head and neck are among the most morbid of cancers. Convention­ al surgery and/or radiation therapy have a high cure rate for patients with early stage disease. However, despite optimal treatment with surgery and radiotherapy, patients with nodal spread or extensive local disease have a low cure rate. Even if a cancer is cured, a patient is often left with long-term debilities from the treatment and/or cancer. The major causes for decreased survival in patients with advanced head and neck cancer include local recurrence, distant metastases, and second primaries. All of these need to be addressed if one is to improve upon the curability of advanced disease. There are several new techniques, surgical and radiotherapeutic, designed to improve local control. Brachytherapy, or interstitial implantation, delivers a high dose of localized radiation with minimal normal tissue injury. This technique as discussed by Goffinet, may be even more efficacious when combined with hyperthermia. New, creative methods of radiation therapy delivery, such as the use of multiple fractions per day, as discussed by Parsons and Million, are also contributing to long-term local control. Laser therapy, discussed by Ossoff and Nemeroff, provides another tool for treatment of local disease.

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` this is a worthwhile addition to the collection of oncologists of all disiplines, as well as for the otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon. '
Radiology'

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

    Charlotte Jacobs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cancers of the Head and Neck

  • Book Subtitle: Advances in Surgical Therapy, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy

  • Editors: Charlotte Jacobs

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2029-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Boston 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-825-1Published: 31 May 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9208-1Published: 14 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2029-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 294

  • Topics: Radiotherapy, Surgical Oncology

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