Oncohema Key

Surgical Technique Charles S. Coffey Terry A. Day The location and behavior of oral cavity (OC) cancers make surgery the treatment of choice in the majority of cases. Many lesions…

Radiation Therapy Technique Louis B. Harrison Rudolph Woode James Dolan Kenneth Hu The most common sites treated with radiation therapy include the lip, the floor of the mouth, and the…

Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett The greatest difficulty encountered with imaging of the oral cavity is artifact created by dental hardware and fillings (Fig. 16-19). CT is particularly susceptible…

General Principles and Management Wayne M. Koch Edward Stafford Christine Chung Harry Quon INTRODUCTION: INCIDENCE, ETIOLOGY, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Cancer of the oral cavity is actually a collection of distinct and…

Radiation Therapy Technique William M. Mendenhall The cervical lymph node area most often involved with cancer from an unknown head and neck primary site is level II. The most likely…

Radiologic Imaging Concerns Jeffrey A. Bennett The optimal diagnostic imaging evaluation for patients presenting with cervical lymph node metastases from an unknown source is still controversial. The purpose of imaging…

General Principles and Management Steven S. Chang Joseph A. Califano INTRODUCTION Metastatic cervical carcinoma with an unknown primary (MCCUP) represents a small proportion of all head and neck cancers. As…

Surgical Technique Akash Anand M. Boyd Gillespie Terry A. Day INTRODUCTION This section describes the various types of neck dissections and their standardized descriptions, along with the indications and risks…

Radiologic Imaging Considerations Jeffrey A. Bennett Imaging of the neck is performed in addition to the physical exam, both as part of the initial staging of head and neck cancer…

General Principles and Management Kenneth S. Hu Adam S. Jacobson Mark S. Persky Louis B. Harrison INTRODUCTION Successful management of the neck is a prerequisite for the cure of most…