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Cancers of the Head and Neck - Advances in Surgical Therapy, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987) Loot Price: R5,583
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Cancers of the Head and Neck - Advances in Surgical Therapy, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy (Paperback, Softcover reprint...

Cancers of the Head and Neck - Advances in Surgical Therapy, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987)

Charlotte Jacobs

Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 32

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Cancers of the head and neck are among the most morbid of cancers. Convention al surgery and/or radiation therapy have a high cure rate for patients with early stage disease. However, despite optimal treatment with surgery and radiotherapy, patients with nodal spread or extensive local disease have a low cure rate. Even if a cancer is cured, a patient is often left with long-term debilities from the treatment and/or cancer. The major causes for decreased survival in patients with advanced head and neck cancer include local recurrence, distant metastases, and second primaries. All of these need to be addressed if one is to improve upon the curability of advanced disease. There are several new techniques, surgical and radiotherapeutic, designed to improve local control. Brachytherapy, or interstitial implantation, delivers a high dose of localized radiation with minimal normal tissue injury. This technique as discussed by Goffinet, may be even more efficacious when combined with hyperthermia. New, creative methods of radiation therapy delivery, such as the use of multiple fractions per day, as discussed by Parsons and Million, are also contributing to long-term local control. Laser therapy, discussed by Ossoff and Nemeroff, provides another tool for treatment of local disease."

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 32
Release date: October 2011
First published: 1987
Editors: Charlotte Jacobs
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 294
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-9208-1
Categories: Books > Medicine > Surgery > Surgical oncology
Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > Radiotherapy
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LSN: 1-4612-9208-5
Barcode: 9781461292081

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