Head and Neck Cancer: Multimodality Management - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319275992 ISBN 13: 9783319275994

Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

<DIV>?THIS SECOND EDITION ?PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF CONSOLIDATED AND INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS, IN TERMS OF BOTH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. WRITTEN BY LEADING INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS AND INVESTIGATORS, THIS BOOK EMPHASIZES THE NECESSITY OF COMBINING LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC TREATMENTS TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF YIELDING HIGHER CURE RATES AND LOWER TOXICITIES. HEAVILY UPDATED FROM THE PREVIOUS EDITION, IT HIGHLIGHTS NEW SURGERY AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES, DISEASE AWARENESS, PATIENT QUALITY OF LIFE, AND COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT.&NBSP;</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>HEAD-AND-NECK CANCERS ARE A COMPLEX CLINICAL ENTITY AND THEIR RESPONSE TO TREATMENT IS ALSO KNOWN TO VARY MARKEDLY IN FUNCTION OF HOST-RELATED FACTORS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE IMPRESSIVE PROGRESSES OBSERVED IN THE FIELD OF IMAGING, HEAD AND NECK CANCERS ARE OFTEN DIAGNOSED AT A LATE STAGE AND THE PRESENCE OF LOCALLY ADVANCED DISEASE IN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PATIENTS IMPLIES THE USE OF AGGRESSIVE TREATMENTS IN ORDER TO BOTH ENSURE LOCAL DISEASE CONTROL AND REDUCE DISTANT METASTASIS RISKS.&NBSP;</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>IN COMPARISON WITH THE FIRST EDITION, HEAD AND NECK CANCER, SECOND EDITION PROVIDES A DETAILED UPDATE OF INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS IN CHEMO- AND BIO-RADIATION, VIRAL INFECTION IMPACT ON TUMOR GROWTH AND RESPONSE TO TREATMENT, AND IMPACT OF TUMOR- AND HOST-RELATED FACTORS ON TREATMENT OUTCOME.&NBSP;</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV>

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“This exceptional, up-to-date resource on the basic and clinical science of head and neck cancer synthesizes a vast amount of information in a single, comprehensive resource. ... Specialists ... as well as trainees in these fields, will find this an outstanding resource. ... an extraordinary guide to this field. Those looking for a comprehensive resource on head and neck cancer will not find a better one. ... it will soon become the definitive book on head and neck cancer.” (John David Cramer, Doody's Book Reviews, January, 2017)

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This second edition provides a comprehensive view of consolidated and innovative concepts, in terms of both diagnosis and treatment. Written by leading international physicians and investigators, this book emphasizes the necessity of combining local and systemic treatments to achieve the objective of yielding higher cure rates and lower toxicities. Heavily updated from the previous edition, it highlights new surgery and radiotherapy techniques, disease awareness, patient quality of life, and comprehensive management. 
Head-and-neck cancers are a complex clinical entity and their response to treatment is also known to vary markedly in function of host-related factors. Notwithstanding the impressive progresses observed in the field of imaging, head and neck cancers are often diagnosed at a late stage and the presence of locally advanced disease in a significant number of patients implies the use of aggressive treatments in order to both ensure local disease control and reduce distant metastasis risks. 
In comparison with the first edition, Head and Neck Cancer, Second Edition provides a detailed update of innovative concepts in chemo- and bio-radiation, viral infection impact on tumor growth and response to treatment, and impact of tumor- and host-related factors on treatment outcome. 

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 3319275992
• ISBN 13: 9783319275994
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 904
• Herausgeber: Bernier Jacques