Head and Neck Cancer

✍ Scribed by M. Agulnik

• Publisher: Intech
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 440
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

00 preface_ Head and Neck Cancer......Page 1
Part 1_ BLANKO......Page 13
01 Laryngeal Cancers in
Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 15
02 Hypopharyngeal Cancer......Page 25
Part 2_ BLANKO......Page 83
03 Molecular Genetics and Biology of Head and
Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Implications
for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment......Page 85
04 Cell Signalings and the
Communications in Head and Neck Cancer......Page 135
05 Role of ING Family Genes in Head and Neck
Cancer and Their Possible Applications in
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment......Page 153
06 Arachidonic Acid Metabolism and Its
Implication on Head and Neck Cancer......Page 179
Part 3_ BLANKO......Page 197
07 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: The Role for
Chemotherapeutics and Targeted Agents......Page 199
08 Novel Chemoradiotherapy Regimens
Incorporating Targeted Therapies in
Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancers......Page 213
09 Advanced Radiation Therapy
for Head and Neck Cancer:
A New Standard of Practice......Page 239
Part 4_ BLANKO......Page 263
10 Tumour Repopulation During Treatment for
Head and Neck Cancer: Clinical Evidence,
Mechanisms and Minimizing Strategies......Page 265
11 DNA Repair Capacity and
the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer......Page 285
Part 5_ BLANKO......Page 305
12 Finesse in Aesthetic
Facial Recontouring......Page 307
13 Prosthodontic Rehabilitation of
Acquired Maxillofacial Defects......Page 327
14 Functional and Aesthetic Reconstruction of
the Defects Following the Hemiglossectomy
in Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer......Page 349
Part 6_ BLANKO......Page 361
15 Pain Control in
Head and Neck Cancer......Page 363
16 Health Related Quality of Life
Questionnaires: Are They Fit for Purpose?......Page 383
17 A Health Promotion Perspective of
Living with Head and Neck Cancer......Page 405