1st Edition

Prognosis in Head and Neck Cancer

Edited By Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong Copyright 2006
    438 Pages 126 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Research on the factors that determine the course and prognosis of head and neck cancers has now reached the stage where a synoptic review is in order, to draw together those aspects that are of most importance for patient management. Oncologists and Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgeons alike will benefit greatly from this distillation of the clinically relevant aspects of the subject.

    Epidemiology. Statistics. Epidemiology of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
    General patient factors. Prior malignancies. Psychology and quality of life.
    Immune biomarkers. General tumor factors. Histopathology. Prognosis in premalignant lesions.
    Imaging characteristics of the primary tumor. Imaging characteristics of regional metastasis.
    Prediction of regional metastasis. Distant metastasis. Demographic factors. Treatment factors.
    Prediction of survival with statistical models. Data mining and knowledge discovery.
    OncologIQ. Prognostigram. Prognosis in patients with parotid carcinoma

    Biography

    Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong

    "Prognosis in Head and Neck Cancer eloquently sums up knowledge in a succinct and balanced manner.  I would highly recommend this text to any clinician or clinician-scientist in the field of head-and-neck oncology"
    International Journal of Radiation Oncology