Head and neck cancer

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Diagnosis
History & Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Lab Tests | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | CT | MRI | Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment
Medical therapy: General considerations | Radiation therapy | Chemotherapy | Targeted therapy

Surgical therapy: General considerations | Surgery

Prevention: Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention

Related chapters

 * oral cancer
 * cancer of the larynx
 * thyroid cancer
 * adenoid cystic carcinoma - a type of salivary gland cancer
 * Burkitt's lymphoma - a type of lymphoma that affects the head and neck
 * Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans - a type of sarcoma that may involve the head and neck
 * Hodgkin's disease - a lymphoma that often involves the lymph nodes in the neck
 * paraganglioma - usually found in the head and neck region
 * skin cancers - may involve the head and neck
 * Bobby Hamilton - a NASCAR driver who died of head and neck cancer

Resources

 * Head and Neck Cancer - Learn more from MedlinePlus
 * Head and Neck Cancer Information
 * Head and Neck Cancer: Questions and Answers
 * Head and Neck Cancer: Treatment
 * RadiologyInfo - The radiology information resource for patients: Head and Neck Cancer
 * -- The website of an organization dedicated to supporting people with oral, head and neck cancers (includes a cancer information page)