Second edition. Edited by Stanley E. Thawley, William R. Panje, John G. Batsakis, and Robert D. Lindberg. 1981 pp. in two volumes, illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1999. $295. ISBN 0-7216-5582-3.
Each year more than 50,000 people in the United States receivethe diagnosis of a benign or malignant tumor of the head andneck. Head and neck cancers are usually curable when they aredetected at an early stage, but all too many patients presentwith advanced lesions, from which they often die. Most survivorsof advanced head and neck cancers have long-lasting sequelaethat alter their ability to speak and swallow as well as theirappearance. Even the treatment of benign head and neck neoplasmsmay engender considerable functional or cosmetic changes. Patientsand their physicians often experience considerable . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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