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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Head & Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges
  name:
    name part: Radosevich, James A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VII, 1070 p. 364 illus., 275 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book is a collection of Chapters that provide an up to date overview of all aspects of Head and Neck cancer. It is written by professionals, and is not only intended for other professionals, but students, patients, policy makers, etc. There are so many aspects to this group of diseases that even the most seasoned professional will learn something from having read this book. This volume covers Head and Neck cancer in such a way that it covers the ancient history of these tumors to modern diagnostic methods. It covers the various aspects of treatment and the healing of the these patients. Various aspects of molecular biology, the histology, and diagnostic methods are also discussed. Links are made between subject matter that will give readers new insight to these tumors. This volume will give a broad understanding to the various aspects related to Head and Neck cancer in general, and will provide the foundation for anyone to explore the subject matter in greater detail.
  table of contents: 1 Overview of “Head and Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges” -- 2 A Disease Without History? Evidence For The Antiquity of Head and Neck Cancers -- 3 Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology and Health Services Research -- 4 Challenges in Community-Based Head and Neck Cancer Prevention Programs -- 5 Head and Neck Anatomy -- 6 Screening and Patient Examination -- 7 Benign Neoplasms of the Head and Neck -- 8 Benign Non-Neoplastic Lesions of the Head and Neck -- 9 Pathology of Head and Neck Cancer I: Epithelial and Related Tumors -- 10 Pathology of Head and Neck Cancer II: Mesenchymal and Lymphoid Tumors -- 11 Cytopathology of Head and Neck Lesions -- 12 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck and Cervix: Overlap and Distinctions -- 13 Viruses and Head and Neck Cancer -- 14 Head and Neck Carcinogenesis: A Product of Complex Evolutionary Forces -- 15 Nutrition and Head and Neck Cancer -- 16 Treatment Planning Considerations -- 17 Medical Oncology: Planning Considerations and Practices -- 18 Role of Surgery in Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer -- 19 Diagnostic Imaging Considerations -- 20 Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Cancers -- 21 Laser Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer -- 22 Photodynamic Therapy (PDT): An Evolving Therapeutic Technique in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment -- 23 The Changing Face of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics -- 24 Complications from Surgical Treatment of Oral Cancer -- 25 Psychological issues in Head and Neck Cancer -- 26 Quality of Life Issues in Research and Clinical Practice -- 27 Cancer Drugs, Clinical Trials, and Regulatory Agencies -- 28 Drugs to Treat Head and Neck Cancers: Mechanisms of Action -- 29 Biological Treatments -- 30 Role of Mitochondria in Head and Neck Cancer -- 31 Genetic Susceptibility to Head and Neck Cancer -- 32 Biomarkers for Head and Neck Cancer -- 33 The Role of microRNA in Head and Neck Cancer -- 34 Detection of Oral Cancer Using Salivary Diagnostics. .
  note: edited by James A. Radosevich.
  subject:
    topic: Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Cancer research
  subject:
    topic: Oncology
  subject:
    topic: Otorhinolaryngology
  subject:
    topic: Otolaryngologic surgery
  subject:
    topic: Oral surgery
  subject:
    topic: Maxillofacial surgery
  subject:
    topic: Biomedicine
  subject:
    topic: Cancer Research
  subject:
    topic: Oncology
  subject:
    topic: Otorhinolaryngology
  subject:
    topic: Head and Neck Surgery
  subject:
    topic: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  classification: RC261-271
  classification: 614.5999
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      title: Springer eBooks
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