General Principles and Management
General Principles and Management Waleed F. Mourad Kenneth S. Hu Walter H. Choi Bruce Culliney Zujun Li Adam S. Jacobson Louis B. Harrison INTRODUCTION Oropharynx cancer (OPC) is a common…
Surgical Technique
Surgical Technique Vikas Mehta Robert L. Ferris INTRODUCTION Over the last decade, technological advances in minimally invasive, transoral surgical techniques have revolutionized the treatment paradigm for oropharyngeal neoplasms. Since the…
Radiation Therapy Technique
Radiation Therapy Technique Louis B. Harrison James E. Dolan Rudolph Woode Waleed Mourad Kenneth S. Hu TONSIL The chapter has provided extensive discussion about the relative indications for unilateral neck…
General Principles and Management
General Principles and Management Wayne M. Koch Edward Stafford Christine Chung Harry Quon INTRODUCTION: INCIDENCE, ETIOLOGY, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Cancer of the oral cavity is actually a collection of distinct and…
Radiologic Imaging Concerns
Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett The greatest difficulty encountered with imaging of the oral cavity is artifact created by dental hardware and fillings (Fig. 16-19). CT is particularly susceptible…
Surgical Technique
Surgical Technique Charles S. Coffey Terry A. Day The location and behavior of oral cavity (OC) cancers make surgery the treatment of choice in the majority of cases. Many lesions…
Radiation Therapy Technique
Radiation Therapy Technique Louis B. Harrison Rudolph Woode James Dolan Kenneth Hu The most common sites treated with radiation therapy include the lip, the floor of the mouth, and the…
Dental Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Dental Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthetics Theresa M. Hofstede Jack W. Martin James C. Lemon Mark S. Chambers In caring for head and neck cancer patients, most treatment centers use a…
Radiologic Imaging Concerns
Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett The optimal diagnostic imaging evaluation for patients presenting with cervical lymph node metastases from an unknown source is still controversial. The purpose of imaging…
Radiation Therapy Technique
Radiation Therapy Technique William M. Mendenhall The cervical lymph node area most often involved with cancer from an unknown head and neck primary site is level II. The most likely…
