Cutaneous malignancy of the head and neck : a multidisciplinary approach [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Skin anatomy -- Clinical Evaluation -- Psychosocial impact of skin cancer treatment -- Screening, surveillance, and prevention -- Ultraviolet carcinogenesis and immune suppression -- Histopathology of nonmelanoma skin cancer -- Epidemiology, staging, and prognosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer -- Aggressive nonmelanoma skin cancer -- Surgical management of locoregional disease -- Special considerations: periauricular lesions -- Special considerations: periorbital and ocular adenexal cutaneous lesions -- Special considerations: neurosurgical management -- Radiotherapy for cutaneous squamous and basal cell carcinoma -- Photodynamic therapy for nonmelanoma skin cancer -- Therapeutic horizons for cutaneous malignancies -- Adnexal tumors -- Merkel cell carcinoma -- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans -- Angiosarcoma -- Melanoma: epidemiology, staging, and prognosis -- Molecular biology and genetics of melanoma/mechanisms of spread -- Immunobiology and immunotheraphy of melanoma -- Histology of melanoma and precursor lesions -- Local management of melanoma -- Regional management of melanoma in the clinically node-negative neck -- Regional management of melanoma in the clinically node-positive neck -- Role of chemotheraphy, biochemotheraphy, and targeted systemic therapies in the treatment of metastatic melanoma -- Ocular melanoma -- Mucosal melanoma -- Microscopically oriented histographic surgery (MOHS): indications, principles, and technique -- Mohs surgery: adjunctive treatment of skin cancer -- Principles of head and neck cutaneous reconstruction -- Nasal reconstruction -- Lip reconsstruction -- Periorbital reconstruction -- Auricular reconstruction -- Scalp reconstruction -- Reconstruction of the cheek -- Prosthetic rehabilitation

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