Multidisciplinary Management of Head and Neck Cancer

About this book

This book is a multidisciplinary guide to head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancer remains one of the most technically complex cancer subsites to manage. This field involves highly specialized collaboration amongst surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, and other health disciplines. The clinical and research landscape for head and neck oncology continues to evolve at a rapid pace.

This book provides the latest updates in the contemporary understanding and management of these tumors. The text incorporates updates in surgical techniques (minimally invasive and robotic techniques, reconstructive approaches), radiation medicine (new data on dose and fields, oligometastatic/oligoprogressive disease, retreatment), medical oncology (targeted, immunotherapy and molecular agents), in addition to other overarching topics such as side effects, biomarkers/nanotechnology, and epidemiology. Written by experts in their respective fields, chapters include the most up to date scientific and clinical information with perspectives from each relevant discipline. These sections are concise and accessible, yet comprehensive. Palliative medicine, pathologic and imaging principles, and health systems/economics considerations are also described.

This book is an ideal resource for clinicians, trainees, and researchers dealing with, and interested in, this challenging area of cancer care.

Table of contents (14 chapters)

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

    

2. De-intensification Strategies for Head and Neck Cancer

   • Madeleine P. Strohl, Patrick K. Ha, Kaveh Zakeri, Nancy Lee

   Pages 1-12

3. Novel Multidisciplinary Paradigms: Surgery/Radiation, Immunotherapy, Organ Preservation

   • Garren M. I. Low, Kyaw Z. Thein, Suparna Shah, Ravi A. Chandra, Ryan J. Li

   Pages 13-23

4. Advances in Surgery and Reconstruction: TORS, TLM

   • Adam Howard, Nishant Agrawal, Zhen Gooi

   Pages 25-43

5. Advances in Radiation: Ion Therapy and Advanced Techniques

   • Bhanu P. Venkatesulu, Prashanth Girdhar, Henry S. Park, William M. Mendenhall, Vivek Verma

   Pages 45-59

6. Systemic Therapy Advances in Head and Neck Cancer

   • Perrin E. Romine, Cristina P. Rodriguez

   Pages 61-72

7. Advances in Molecular, Functional, and Anatomical Head and Neck Imaging

   • Akash Deelip Shah, Ramesh Paudyal, Amita Shukla-Dave

   Pages 73-90

8. Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer

   • Jack M. Qian, Jonathan D. Schoenfeld

   Pages 91-113

9. Epidemiology and Genomics of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

   • Katherine Wai, Hyunseok Kang

   Pages 115-128

10. Biomarkers in Head and Neck Cancer

    • Zachary A. Oaks, Colette J. Shen, Siddharth H. Sheth, Gaorav P. Gupta, Bhishamjit S. Chera

    Pages 129-151

11. Reirradiation for Head and Neck Cancer

    • Vladimir Avkshtol, David J. Sher

    Pages 153-172

12. Medical Dentistry

    • Michael J. Dienberg

    Pages 173-185

13. Supportive Care, Comorbid Conditions, and Survivorship

    • Z. A. Kohutek, B. A. Murphy

    Pages 187-197

14. Rare Head and Neck Cancers

    • Margaret B. Mitchell, Amy Juliano, Jeremy Richmon

    Pages 199-214

15. Speech, Voice, and Swallowing Rehabilitation for Patients with Head and Neck Cancers

    • Heather M. Starmer, Jocelen Hamilton

    Pages 215-238

16. Back Matter

    Pages 239-242

     

    About the editors

    Dr. Chandra is a Radiation Oncologist with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in the Washington, DC area. He also serves as Clinical Associate Professor of of Radiation Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), where he served as Director of Head and Neck Radiation Oncology. He completed his residency and clinical fellowship at the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program. Dr. Chandra received degrees from Johns Hopkins (MD), UC-Berkeley (PhD-Chemistry), and Stanford (BS-Chemistry and Biology). 

    Dr. Li is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He serves as Director of the Head and Neck Robotic Surgery Program, and the Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Fellowship at OHSU. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology-Head and neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, and Microvascular Reconstruction at Stanford University.