The Head and Neck Cancer Patient: Perioperative Care and Assessment (An Issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America) POD

This two part issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America is devoted to The Head and Neck Cancer Patient. Part I focuses on Perioperative Care and Assessment, and is edited by Drs. Zvonimir Milas and Thomas D. Schellenberger. Articles will include: Epidemiology and demographics of the head and neck cancer population; Speech pathology for the head and neck cancer patient: Speech and swallowing; Nutrition for the head and neck cancer patient; Assessment of the head and neck patient: Imaging and staging; Multidisciplinary tumor board, composition and function; Pre-and postoperative dental assessment and management of the head and neck cancer patient; Head and neck cancer research and support foundations; Physical and occupational therapy; Maxillofacial prosthetics; Psychosocial effects of head and neck cancer; and more!

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By Zvonimir Milas, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina and Thomas D. Schellenberger, MD, Surgeon, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, Arizona