Critical Issues in Head and Neck Oncology Key concepts from the Fifth THNO Meeting /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vermorken, Jan B. (Editor), Budach, Volker (Editor), Leemans, C. René (Editor), Machiels, Jean-Pascal (Editor), Nicolai, Piero (Editor), O'Sullivan, Brian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book offers a selection of the critical current issues and challenges in head and neck cancer. It covers most key concepts of the subject, from diagnostic challenges to multidisciplinary decision-making aspects in head and neck oncology. Starting with the Make Sense Campaign and examining its i...

Table of Contents:

• Section I : The Make Sense Campaign
• The Make Sense Campaign
• Section II: Head and Neck Cancer: a changing disease
• New epidemiologic aspects
• Biology of head and neck cancer
• Section III: Diagnostic challenges
• The changing role of the pathologist
• Molecular imaging in head and neck cancer
• Multidisciplinary Decision Making & Head and Neck Tumor Boards
• Clinical decision making: how and when. Section V: Locoregionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
• Pros and cons of endoscopic surgery
• Oncologic dentistry and implants
• Primary radiotherapy & concurrent chemoradiotherapy
• Treatment of viral-associated head and neck cancer
• Patient and treatment factors in concurrent chemoradiotherapy
• Section VI: Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck cancer: How and When to Treat
• The surgical approach
• When and how to irradiate
• Cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted therapy
• Immunotherapeutic approaches
• Treatment in the elderly
• Supportive care
• Section VII
• Quality of life issues
• Palliative care in the palliative disease setting
• Community palliative care and dying at home.