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Researchers in a number of medical disciplines from the US, China, and France describe diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Their topics include epidemiology, staging and screening; surgery in the early stages; reconstruction after surgery for advanced cases; organ preservation- induction chemotherapy; modified fractionated radiotherapy and re- irradiation in recurrent cases; unresectable and locoregionally advanced cancer; nasopharyngeal cancer; chemotherapy and novel agents to treat metastatic head and neck cancer; quality of life and later toxicities; and oral, dental, and supportive care.

Table of Contents:

Preface
List of Contributors
Ch.1 Overview of Head and Neck Cancer 1
Ch.2 Epidemiology, Staging, and Screening of Head and Neck Cancer 15
Ch.3 Oral Preneoplasia and Chemoprevention of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck 61
Ch.4 Early Stage Head and Neck Cancer - Surgery 85
Ch.5 Radiation Therapy in the Management of Early-Stage Head and Neck Cancer 115
Ch.6 Advanced Head and Neck Cancer - Surgery and Reconstruction 145
Ch.7 Modified Fractionated Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) & Re-irradiation in Recurrent Head and Neck Carcinomas 199
Ch.8 Organ preservation - Induction Chemotherapy 213
Ch.9 Organ Preservation for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer, Concomitant Chemoradiation 235
Ch.10 Unresectable, Locoregionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer 249
Ch.11 Nasopharyngeal Cancer 275
Ch.12 Treatment of Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer: Chemotherapy and Novel Agents 295
Ch.13 New Therapies for Locoregionally Advanced and Locoregionally Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer 315
Ch.14 Quality of Life and Late Toxicities in Head and Neck Cancer 331
Ch.15 Oral, Dental, and Supportive Care in the Cancer Patient 353
Index 371