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Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer: Head and Neck Cancer
Editor: Wayne M. Koch
Series Editor: Stephen C. Yang
Pages: 200  Hard Cover
ISBN:  978-1-4160-5202-9
Elsevier, Saunders / Expert Consult  2010
 

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Description from the publisher:

Each volume in the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer Series is packed with practical, authoritative information designed to cover the full range of diagnostic procedures, including pathologic, radiologic, bronchoscopic, and surgical aspects. You'll be able to determine the safest, shortest, least invasive way to reach an accurate diagnosis; stage the disease; and choose the best initial treatment for early stages. Based on current evidence in the literature, authors provide clinical, hands-on tools to help you make informed decisions on precisely what tests and imaging studies are needed to diagnose and stage each type of cancer. Practical, authoritative, and highly-illustrated, this volume in the brand new Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer series covers current protocols and the latest advances in diagnostic imaging and molecular and serologic markers for head and neck cancers. Apply expert advice on the best ?next-step? plan for different presentations and tips for less invasive protocols. Get clinical, hands-on tools to help you make informed decisions on precisely what tests and imaging studies are needed for accurate diagnosis and staging. Clear figures, tables, and boxes illustrate step-by-step care of the full range of problems encountered. Better manage your patients with procedural video clips and more on the included CD-ROM. The small size and convenient format make this an ideal purchase for diagnostic reference.
 

Key Features:

  • Outlines the steps after diagnosis to guide you through formulating a treatment or patient care plan.
     
  • Emphasizes important points—such as the use of endoscopy in staging, chemoprevention, and promising gene therapies—with “key points” boxes at the beginning of each chapter and pedagogic features throughout.
     
  • Summarizes the process of accurately diagnosing and staging cancer in a logical, almost algorithmic, approach for easy reference.
     
  • Discusses the treatment of early-stage disease so you have clear options for care.
     
  • Complements the procedures outlined in the text with full-color photographs and line drawings to reinforce your understanding of the material.
     
  • Features a CD-ROM showing video clips of diagnostic procedures, as well as all of the images, tables, and drawings from the text to help you better manage your patients.

Table of Contents:

Series Preface
Preface
Contributors

1. Molecular Gene Alterations as Early-Detection Markers

2. Molecular Proteomics in Early Detection of Head and Neck Cancer

3. Screening for Head and Neck Cancer: Health Services Perspective

4. Strategies for Oral Cancer Detection

5. Early Radiographic Detection of Head and Neck Cancer: Positron Emission Tomography

6. Chemoprevention of Head and Neck Cancer

7. Early Treatment of the Larynx

8. Surgical Treatment of Early Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancers

9. Early Treatment with Radiation and Chemotherapy

10. Head and Neck Cancer Prevention

11. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Oral Cancer

12. Solitary Thyroid Nodule

13. Conclusion: Impediments to Finding and Using and Effective Tool in Early Detection

 
 
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