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Edited by Ernest M. Myers. 558 pp., illustrated. Boston, Little, Brown, 1991. $90. ISBN 0-316-59317-6.
Edited by Carl E. Silver. 284 pp., illustrated. New York Thieme, 1991. $89. ISBN 0-86577-395-5.
By John Conley and John D. Calser, with a contribution by Karl Perzin. 124 pp., illustrated. New York, Thieme, 1991. $90. ISBN 0-86577-396-3.

Head and Neck Oncology is designed to be a comprehensive, multidisciplinary reference for the physician who is inexperienced in dealing with head and neck tumors. The quality of the short, concise chapters is extremely variable, depending on the author, but the editing is well done. "Decision pathways" are a major focus of each chapter; they give the reader an appreciation of the pitfalls involved in accurately diagnosing and treating tumors arising within distinct sites in the head and neck.

Although the book is intended to be comprehensive, several head and neck sites are either neglected or incorporated within broader categories. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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