Oral cancer : diagnosis and therapy /

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Imprint:Tokyo : Springer, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 426 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11091971
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Other authors / contributors:Kirita, Tadaaki, editor.
Omura, Ken, editor.
ISBN:9784431549383
4431549382
4431549374
9784431549376
9784431549376
Notes:Includes index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 2, 2015).
Summary:Oral cancer is frequently diagnosed late, when the disease has advanced with lesions that are large and deeply invasive and with metastasis to regional lymph nodes, leading to increased mortality. Moreover, late diagnosis and treatment often result in considerable morbidity of oral and maxillofacial structures and poor appearance and function following therapy. This book provides head and neck oncologists, oral oncologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, medical oncologists, dentists and other members of dental teams furnishing supportive care with a systematic review of recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances in oral cancer. The various authoritative chapters are prepared by specialists who are active leaders in each basic and clinical field. All chapters address individual and collective issues that arise in managing oral cancer patients with difficult treatment problems and provide insight into the multiple valid management approaches available. The authors offer an extensive source of information about oral cancers and encourage the clinician to be flexible and innovative, giving physicians and medical personnel the background information to make the best, educated, responsible decisions for individual patients.
Other form:Printed edition: 9784431549376
Standard no.:10.1007/978-4-431-54938-3