Head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer: a multidisciplinary approach

by Harrison, Louis B. Kies, Merrill S. Sessions, Roy B.

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Head and Neck Cancer is the first, truly multi-disciplinary book in this field. The focus is the 2-part approach that any physician treating these patients must follow: maximize the chance for a cure while maintaining a strong emphasis on quality of life. Although the overall incidence of head and neck cancer is not as great as breast or lung, it is a very devastating form of cancer which has tremendous implications not only on the overall health of the patient, but on his or her appearance and…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Head and neck cancer : a multidisciplinary approach / editors, Louis B. Harrison, MD, FASTRO, Physician-in-Chief, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Chairman and Gerald J. Friedman Chair of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New York, New York, Roy B. Sessions, MD, FACS, Professor, Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Adjunct Professor, Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, Merrill S. Kies. MD, Professor of Medicine, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Onncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

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Head and Neck Cancer is the first, truly multi-disciplinary book in this field. The focus is the 2-part approach that any physician treating these patients must follow: maximize the chance for a cure while maintaining a strong emphasis on quality of life. Although the overall incidence of head and neck cancer is not as great as breast or lung, it is a very devastating form of cancer which has tremendous implications not only on the overall health of the patient, but on his or her appearance and quality of life. The book is a comprehensive textbook that crossed all disciplines and represented a.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2014
  • Edition:Fourth edition

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781469830902, 1469830906
  • oclc:on1159414953
  • LC Classification:RC280.H4
  • Dewey Decimal:616.99491

Table of Contents

Section 1. General principles of management of head and neck cancer -- section 2. Site-specific principles of management of head and neck cancer.

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