Head & Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges (eBook)

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 Cancers3 Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology and Health Services Research4 Challenges in Community-Based Head and Neck Cancer Prevention Programs5 Head and Neck Anatomy6 Screening and Patient Examination7 Benign Neoplasms of the Head and Neck8 Benign Non-Neoplastic Lesions of the Head and Neck9  Pathology of Head and Neck Cancer I: Epithelial and Related Tumors10 Pathology of Head and Neck Cancer II: Mesenchymal and Lymphoid Tumors11  Cytopathology of Head and Neck Lesions                                                              12 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head & Neck and Cervix: Overlap and Distinctions13 Viruses and Head and Neck Cancer14 Head and Neck Carcinogenesis: A Product of Complex Evolutionary Forces15 Nutrition and Head and Neck Cancer16 Treatment Planning Considerations17 Medical Oncology:  Planning Considerations and Practices 18 Role of Surgery in Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer19 Diagnostic Imaging Considerations20 Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Cancers21 Laser Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer22 Photodynamic Therapy (PDT): An Evolving Therapeutic Technique in     Head and Neck Cancer Treatment23 The Changing Face of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics24 Complications from Surgical Treatment of Oral Cancer25 Psychological issues in Head and Neck Cancer26 Quality of Life Issues in Research and Clinical Practice27 Cancer Drugs, Clinical Trials, and Regulatory Agencies28 Drugs to Treat Head and Neck Cancers: Mechanisms of Action29 Biological Treatments30 Role of Mitochondria in Head and Neck Cancer31 Genetic Susceptibility to Head and Neck Cancer32 Biomarkers for Head and Neck Cancer33 The Role of microRNA in Head and Neck Cancer34 Detection of Oral Cancer Using Salivary Diagnostics.