Oncohema Key

General Principles and Management Michael E. Kupferman Michael A. Davies INTRODUCTION More than 3.5 million new skin cancers are diagnosed every year. Although melanoma represents <5% of the cases, it…

Surgical Technique Marc S. Zimbler When analyzing facial soft tissue skin defects certain considerations are important, even before examining the defect itself. First and foremost, the reconstructive surgeon must be…

Radiation Therapy Technique Louis B. Harrison Rudolph Woode James E. Dolan Waleed Mourad Electron beam radiation therapy is the mainstay of treatment for skin cancers of the head and neck….

Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett The role of imaging for the patient with skin cancer, similar to any other head and neck cancer, is to determine the full extent…

General Principles and Management Louis B. Harrison Par S. Mehta Matthew Halpern Desiree Ratner Nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) are the most frequently occurring cancers in the United States, with basal…

Surgical Technique William Ignace Wei Jimmy Yue Wai Chan INTRODUCTION The primary treatment modality for cancer of the nasopharynx is radiotherapy for early-stage diseases and concomitant chemotherapy and radiation for…

Radiation Therapy Technique Kenneth S. Hu Louis B. Harrison James E. Dolan Rudolph Woode As discussed in the body of Chapter 22, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has been shown to…

Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett Cancer of the nasopharynx is staged differently than other pharyngeal primaries in that more emphasis is placed on tumor extension to other spaces than…

General Principles and Management Kenneth Hu Anthony T.C. Chan Peter Costantino Louis B. Harrison EPIDEMIOLOGY The global incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is 84,400 new cases annually with 51,600 deaths.1…

Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett Imaging is critical in cases of cancer of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, and computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are…