This second edition of an award winning title has been thoroughly updated by a team of world leading head and neck surgeons, oncologists and allied healthcare professionals. Principles and Practice of Head & Neck Surgery and Oncology, 2nd edition is a comprehensive evidence-based account of the current scientific knowledge about head and neck tumors and their management. This book, with over 570 colour images, will provide a valuable source of knowledge and reference for all established specialists and trainees entrusted with the care of patients with head and neck tumors.

    Section I – Basic Principles of Management
    Head and Neck Malignancy: An Overview
    Alistair Balfour, Peter H Rhys Evans, and Snehal G Patel
    Molecular Biology
    Emma Barker, Fei-Fei Liu, Suzanne Kamel-Reid, and Jonathan C Irish
    Imaging of Head and Neck Tumors
    Axel V Martin, Bhuey Sharma, Dominic Blunt, and Gitta Madani
    Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer, Kevin J Harrington, Christopher M Nutting, Kate Newbold. and Shreerang A Bhide
    Chemotherapy for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck, Jill Gilbert and Arlene A Forastiere
    Anaesthesia for Head and Neck Cancer, Colm Irving
    Nursing Care of Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Nicola Tinne, Catherine South, Kevin Russell, Pauline Doran-Williams, Annabel Hooper, and Frances Rhys Evans Nutritional Support of Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Clare Shaw
    Dental Management of the Head and Neck Patient, Robert E Wood
    Palliation of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer, John E Williams and Karen E Broadley

    Section II – Tumor Site and Specific Tumors
    Tumors of the Oral Cavity, Ian Ganly, Tihana Ibrahimpasic, Snehal G Patel, and Jatin P Shah
    Tumors of the Oropharynx, Raghav C Dwivedi, Peter H Rhys Evans, and Snehal G Patel
    Tumors of the Hypopharynx, David P Goldstein, J John Kim, Patrick J Gullane and Paul Q Montgomery
    Tumors of the Larynx, Patrick Sheahan, Ian Ganly, Peter H Rhys Evans and Snehal G Patel
    Management of the Neck, Ian Ganly, Hin Ngan Tay, Snehal G Patel, Ashok Shaha and Jatin P Shah
    Tumors of the Upper Jaw and Anterior Skull Base, Valerie J Lund
    Juvenile Angiofibroma, Ian Witterick and Patrick J Gullane
    Tumors of the Nasopharynx, Christopher M Nutting, Christopher C Cottrill, and William I Wei
    Tumors of the Parapharyngeal Space, Rajan S Patel, Patrick J Gullane, and Christine B Novak
    Salivary Gland Neoplasms, Robert L Ferris, Jeffrey D Spiro, and Ronald H Spiro
    Management of Tumors of the Temporal Bone, David A Moffat
    Management of Thyroid Cancer, Ian Ganly, Nishant Agrawal, Robert M Tuttle, Snehal G Patel, and Jatin P Shah
    Tumors of the Parathyroid Glands, Bill Fleming, John Lynn, Peter H Rhys Evans, and Andrew C H See
    Sarcomas of the Head and Neck, Brian O’Sullivan and Patrick J Gullane
    Non-melanoma Skin Cancer, Rajan S Patel, Danny J Enepekides, Jamil Asaria, and Patrick J Gullane
    Cutaneous Melanoma of the Head and Neck, Kerwin Shannon and Christopher J O’Brien

    Section III – Complications, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Future Developments
    Complications in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, Emma Barker, Aongus Curran, Patrick J Gullane, and Jonathan C Irish
    Principles of Head and Neck Reconstruction, Nitin A Pagedar and Ralph W Gilbert
    Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx, Rajan S Patel, Patrick J Gullane, Christine B Novak, and Peter C Neligan
    Reconstruction of the Ear, David T Gault
    Principles of Nasal Reconstruction, Caroline E Payne and Stefan OP Hofer
    Functional Voice Restoration after Total Laryngectomy, Jan S Lewin, Peter H Rhys Evans, and Eric D Blom
    Future Developments in Head and Neck Cancer Therapy, Gideon Bachar, Patrick J Gullane, and Jonathan C Irish
    Index

    Biography

    Paul Q Montgomery BSc MB ChB FRCS(Gen. Surg.) FRCS(ORL)
    Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat – Head & Neck/Thyroid Surgeon
    Anglia East Head & Neck Cancer Centre
    Norfolk & Norwich University Teaching Hospital
    Honary Reaserach Fellow, The School of Biological Sciences
    University of East Anglia. United Kingdom

    Peter H Rhys Evans FRCS FACS DDC(Paris)
    Consultant Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
    Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Cancer Research
    Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Patrick J Gullane MB FRCSC FACS FRACS (Hon)
    Otolaryngologist-in-Chief, University Health Network
    Wharton Chair Head and Neck Surgery
    Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Past president of the American Head & Neck Society and North American Skull Base Society - 2004/5

    With a Foreword by Christopher J O’Brien AM MS MD FRCS FRACS
    Former Director, Sydney Cancer Centre
    Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney
    Sydney, Australia

    "This book, with over 570 colour images, will provide a valuable source of knowledge and reference for all established specialists and trainees entrusted with the care of patients with head and neck tumors." - Anticancer Research, November 2009

    "[An] improved, modern, well referenced and timely updated revision, which certainly will provide an excellent knowledge base for trainees across all related specialties involved in the MTD management of head and neck cancer patients." By Pr. Patrick J. Bradley, University of Nottingham, UK, in Oncology News, Jan/Feb 2010

    "The editors are to be congratulated on presenting in a most attractive way a range of complex material in this rapidly evolving field…the reviewer would strongly recommend its inclusion as a bench book for the multidisciplinary team"…. By John Lowry, In Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2004.

    "An outstanding book, one of the best in this complicated field, should be an addition to every budding head and neck surgeon’s collection. A must have!"…In The Internet Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2004.

    "An outstanding contribution to the knowledge of head and neck cancer and I would highly recommend it, and it should be a standard text to any library. It should also be required for reading for Head and Neck Oncology trainees and surgeons"…by J P Jeannon, in ENT news, Jan/Feb 04

    "The Editors are internationally acknowledged in their field of head and neck oncology and this is reflected in their ability to produce a concise, yet wide ranging, text that is fully up-to-date and well referenced. It is indeed very difficult to find fault with this text and I’ve tried, but failed to do so. A concise, truly collaborative effort of high quality and excellent content"…by Kim Ah-See, in The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2004.

    "This book is a beautifully produced, highly illustrated and informative text, that should be on the shelves of every clinical unit that is involved in the management of patients with head and neck malignancy"… In British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2004

    "Each chapter includes practical clinical advice and treatment algorithms useful for those who do not regularly deal with patients who have cancer of the head and neck. This multidisciplinary approach makes the ‘Principles and Practice of Head and Neck Oncology’ an excellent reference for those who have head and neck oncology patients as part of their medical or surgical practice" … by R S Weber & K B Pytynia in British Journal of Cancer, 2004.

    "As well as serving as a superb reference work for head and neck surgeons and clinical oncologists, Principles and Practice of Head and Neck Oncology will be of value to other participants in the multidisplinary of ENT"…by Andrew Swift, in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, November 2003.

    "will provide a valuable source of knowledge and reference for all established specialists and trainees entrusted with the care of patients with head and neck tumors"

    Anticancer Research 29: 2009