Head and neck malignancy
staging and neck dissections
Andrew N. Morritt
Department of Plastic Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorMarlene S. See
Department of Plastic Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorNavid Jallali
Department of Plastic Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorAndrew N. Morritt
Department of Plastic Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorMarlene S. See
Department of Plastic Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorNavid Jallali
Department of Plastic Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorRoss D. Farhadieh BSc(Med)Hons, MBBS, MD, EBOPRASF, FRACS(Plast), FRCS(Plast)
Panthea Plastic Surgery Clinics, Sydney and Canberra, Australia and Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorNeil W. Bulstrode BSc(Med)Hons, MBBS, MD, FRCS(Plast)
Clinical Lead Plastic Surgery
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorSabrina Cugno MD, MSc, FRCSC
Assistant Professor
McGill University, Department of Plastic Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This chapter provides an overview of the epidemiology of head and neck cancer; the assessment of the patient with head and neck cancer; the TNM staging system for head and neck cancer; and of neck dissection.
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