(eBook) Critical Issues in Head and Neck Oncology by Jan B. Vermorken

This is the PDF eBook version for Critical Issues in Head and Neck Oncology – Key Concepts from the Sixth THNO Meeting by Jan B. Vermorken, Volker Budach, C. René Leemans, Jean-Pascal Machiels, Piero Nicolai

Table of Contents

Part I. Epidemiology and diagnosis.- The role of vaccination in head and neck cancer prevention.- Cellular and molecular pathology in head and neck cancer.- Part II. Prediction of outcome.- Oncogenomics/proteomics of head and neck cancer.- Targeted next-generation sequencing in head and neck cancer.- Homologous recombination function as predictor of treatment response.- Part III. Oral cavity cancer.- Surgical management of oral cavity cancer.- Reconstruction in oral cavity cancer: when and how.- Induction chemotherapy: does it have a place in oral cavity cancer?.- Are there alternative local treatments in oral cavity cancer?.- Part IV. Oropharynx cancer.- HPV assessment in oropharynx cancer: what is the gold standard?.- A new staging system for oropharynx cancer and why?.- Should we de-escalate the treatment in HPV-positive oropharynx cancer?.- Is there a new role for surgery in oropharynx cancer?.- Can we expect less toxicity with newer forms of radiation?.- Part V. Miscellaneous topics.- What is the optimal larynx preservation approach and who are the candidates?.- Is the approach to patients with unknown primary tumors any different in 2017?.- Cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted therapy in nasopharynx cancer.- Are there alternative chemotherapy regimens for EXTREME in recurrent/metastatic SCCHN.- New data on systemic therapy of salivary gland tumors.- Treatment of elderly patients with head and neck cancer.- Part VI. Thyroid cancer.- World-wide thyroid cancer epidemics: what is going on?.- The surgical approach to thyroid cancer in 2017.- Part VII. Keynote address.- Immunology and immunotherapy in head and neck cancer.-