Nasopharyngeal Cancer (eBook)

Epidemiology.- Pathogenesis and Etiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Molecular Biology and Genetics of Nasopharyngeal Cancer (Including Angiogenesis).- Natural History, Presenting Symptoms and Diagnosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Screening and Early Diagnosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Familial Nasopharyngeal Cancer.- Pathology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Imaging in the Diagnosis and Staging of Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx.- Staging of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Prognostic Factors in Nasopharyngeal Cancer.- Early Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Highly Curative Disease by Radiation Therapy.- Drug Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Cytotoxic and Targeted Therapy.- Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Cancer: The INT-0099 as a Proof of Principle.- Concurrent Chemotherapy-Enhanced Radiation: Trials and Conclusions.- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Trials and Conclusions.- Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Advances in the Technology of Radiation Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Target Volume Delineation in the Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Using Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy.- Follow-up of Patients after Definitive Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Management of Patients with Failure Following Definitive Radiation Therapy: Re-irradiation in Patients with Locally Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Surgical Treatment of Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx.- Systemic Treatment for Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Treatment-Related Complications and Quality of Life after Treatment of Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Children.- Subject Index.- List of Contributors