Head & Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges

1. Overview of “Head & Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges”
James A. Radosevich

2. A Disease Without History? Evidence for the Antiquity of Head and Neck Cancers
William J. Pestle, Michael Colvard

3. Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology and Health Services Research
Linda M. Kaste, Therese A. Dolecek, Athanasios I. Zavras

4. Challenges in Community-Based Head and Neck Cancer Prevention Programs
Charles W. LeHew

5. Head and Neck Anatomy
Maaly Bassiony

6. Screening and Patient Examination
Antonia Kolokythas, Thomas Schlieve

7. Benign Neoplasms of the Head and Neck
Sara C. Gordon, Sarah G. Fitzpatrick

8. Benign Non-neoplastic Lesions of the Head and Neck
Sarah G. Fitzpatrick, Sara C. Gordon

9. Pathology of Head and Neck Cancer I: Epithelial and Related Tumors
G. Kenneth Haines

10. Pathology of Head and Neck Cancer II: Mesenchymal and Lymphoid Tumors
G. Kenneth Haines

11. Cytopathology of Head and Neck Lesions
Gabor Tarjan, Gabor Tarjan

12. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head & Neck and Cervix: Overlap and Distinctions
G. Kenneth Haines

13. Viruses and Head and Neck Cancer
William A. Paradise, Dena J. Fischer, Joel B. Epstein, James A. Radosevich

14. Head and Neck Carcinogenesis a Product of Complex Evolutionary Forces
Joel Schwartz

15. Nutrition and Head and Neck Cancer
Manju Sarangapani, Ami Patel, Linda M. Kaste, Therese A. Dolecek

16. Treatment Planning Considerations
Allen S. Ho, Mike Yao

17. Medical Oncology: Planning Considerations and Practices
Lawrence E. Feldman

18. Role of Surgery in Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer
Joshua D. Waltonen

19. Diagnostic Imaging Considerations
Maaly Bassiony, Bulent Aydogan, James A. Radosevich

20. Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Cancers
Bulent Aydogan

21. Laser Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer
H. Steven Sims, Tara Brennan

22. Photodynamic Therapy (PDT): An Evolving Therapeutic Technique in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment
Benjamin J. Vesper, Michael D. Colvard

23. The Changing Face of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
Jeffrey E. Rubenstein

24. Complications from Surgical Treatment of Oral Cancer
Thomas Schlieve, Antonia Kolokythas

25. Psychological Issues in Head and Neck Cancer
Rebecca A. Stout, Nancy J. Beckman, Sarah R. Shelby, Susan M. Labott

26. Quality of Life Issues in Research and Clinical Practice
Eileen Danaher Hacker, Carol Ferrans

27. Cancer Drugs, Clinical Trials, and Regulatory Agencies
Emma A. Platt

28. Drugs to Treat Head and Neck Cancers: Mechanisms of Action
Sonali Kurup, Kirk E. Dineley, Latha M. Malaiyandi, Ruth Adewuya, Lawrence A. Potempa

29. Biological Treatments (Antibodies)
William A. Paradise, James A. Radosevich

30. Role of Mitochondria in Head and Neck Cancer
Humberto Vitto, Antonio Galina

31. Genetic Susceptibility to Head and Neck Cancer
Athanasios I. Zavras, Angela J. Yoon

32. Biomarkers for Head and Neck Cancer
David Crowe

33. The Role of MicroRNA in Head and Neck Cancer
Ishrat Mahjabeen, Yi Jin, Dan Chen, Anxun Wang, Antonia Kolokythas, Xiaofeng Zhou

34. Detection of Oral Cancer Using Salivary Diagnostics
Chang Shun Lau, David T. W. Wong

Keywords: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Oncology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery