Head and Neck Cancer: Multimodality Management - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1441994637 ISBN 13: 9781441994639

Publisher: Springer, 2011

Synopsis

In recent years, great advances in translational research have led to new paradigms in the treatment of cancers of the head and neck.  Written by leading international physicians and investigators, this innovative multi-disciplinary book presents the most up-to-date research and clinical approaches.  Coverage is given to progress in a variety of clinical settings, including programs of organ and function preservation, curative treatments, unresectable disease, adjuvant treatments in high-risk patients, and recurrent/metastatic disease.  Complementary to the techniques of surgery, radiotherapy, and systemic treatments, the authors present data on epidemiology, molecular pathology, normal tissue complications, rehabilitation, palliative care, and treatment in the elderly.  State-of-the-art functional imaging is elucidated; and the latest developments in high precision techniques in irradiation, sequencing of chemo- and radiotherapy, as well as the integration of biomolecular therapies into cytotoxic treatments are explored.

About this title

About the Author:

After obtaining his degree in Radio-Oncology at the University of Liege, Belgium, Jacques Bernier completed his training at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and the Curie Institute, Paris. In 2006 he joined the Swiss Genolier Medical Network, where since then he has been chairing the Radio-Oncology Department. Throughout most of his career, Jacques Bernier has been heavily involved with translational and clinical research. From 2000 to 2006 Jacques Bernier was Chairman of the Head and Neck Group of the EORTC. He currently serves as an Editorial Board member of various international peer-reviewed journals, including “Journal of Clinical Oncology”. He is an Associate Editor of “Annals of Oncology” (since 2010), and “Oral Oncology” (since January 2011). A Course Director at the European School of Oncology since 1990, Jacques Bernier is also the Chairman of the International Conference on Translational Research in Radio-Oncology - ICTR, organized every three years in Switzerland. He serves as a regular member of advisory boards for many pharmaceutical companies. He is President of the Foundation for the Advancement of Radiation Oncology – FARO, in Geneva, member of the Executive Board of Euro-Asian Society of Mastology - EURAMA, Board of Trustees of “Science for Peace” and Scientific Committee of the “Umberto Veronesi Foundation” in Milan.

Review:

From the reviews:

“Head & Neck Cancer is a comprehensive detailed textbook for Head and Neck surgeons which is going to prove to be the gold standard for all head & neck oncology books published. It is easily the best book out there on this subject. ... This is a really great textbook for the price and it is a welcome addition to my library on Otorhinolaryngology.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, September, 2013)

“The book is divided into fifty chapters. All the chapters incorporate most up to date information and provide a succinct overview of various topics. ... this text is well written, in a clear style and gives us a clear overview of not only the scientific and clinical but also the quality of life aspects of management of head and neck cancer. ... I would recommend this book to all members of multidisciplinary team involved in assessing and managing head and neck cancer ... .” (Mriganka De, Oncology News, Vol. 7 (1), March/April, 2012)

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1441994637
• ISBN 13: 9781441994639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 728
• Editor: Bernier Jacques