Non-melanoma Skin Cancer of the Head and Neck

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Riffat, Faruque (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Palme, Carsten E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Veness, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Σειρά: Head and Neck Cancer Clinics,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Non-melanoma skin cancer is a global public health issue. With an ever-increasing, and ageing, world population coupled with increasing numbers of immunosuppressed individuals the number of patients continues to rise. The head and neck is overwhelmingly the most frequent location for the development...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Epidemiology and aetiology of non-melanoma skin cancer
• Pathology reporting of non-melanoma skin cancer at the ICPMR.-Evaluation, staging and prognostication
• Non-melanoma skin cancer: Primary non-surgical therapies   and prevention strategies
• Mohs surgery and facial flaps
• Merkel cell carcinoma, adnexal carcinoma  and basal cell carcinoma
• The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in non-melanoma skin cancer of the head and neck
• Metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma  of the head and neck
• Managing perineural and skull base involvement
• Squamous cell carcinoma extending to the temporal bone
• Reconstructive options for the face
• Management of critically ill head and neck surgical patients
• Future directions in the management of  non-melanoma skin cancer .