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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

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Prognostic Factors in Cancer

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A wide variety of tumor types arising from different tissues are included under the heading of “head and neck cancer.” This review is concerned with squamous cell carcinomas arising from the surface epithelium of the upper respiratory and alimentary tract, which includes the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and paranasal sinuses. In excess of 95% of head and neck cancers are squamous cell carcinomas; their behavior differs according to the topographic site of origin but they have many prognostic factors in common. Undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharyngeal type (UCNT), although arising from respiratory epithelium, has a different behavior from squamous cell carcinoma and will not be considered here.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Erlangen, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    P. Hermanek (Vorstand der Abteilung für Klinische Pathologie i. R.) (Vorstand der Abteilung für Klinische Pathologie i. R.)

  2. Princess Margaret Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, 500 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1K9, Canada

    Mary K. Gospodarowicz

  3. Early Detection Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, EPN Building, Room 305 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    D. E. Henson

  4. University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

    R. V. P. Hutter (Clinical Professor of Pathology) (Clinical Professor of Pathology)

  5. Department of Pathology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ, 07039, USA

    R. V. P. Hutter (Clinical Professor of Pathology) (Clinical Professor of Pathology)

  6. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

    L. H. Sobin (Professor of Pathology) (Professor of Pathology)

  7. Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, 20306, USA

    L. H. Sobin (Professor of Pathology) (Professor of Pathology)

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Strong, E.W., Kasdorf, H., Henk, J.M. (1995). Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. In: Hermanek, P., Gospodarowicz, M.K., Henson, D.E., Hutter, R.V.P., Sobin, L.H. (eds) Prognostic Factors in Cancer. UICC International Union Against Cancer / Union Internationale Contre le Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79395-0_2

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