RT Book, Section
A1 Moore, Brian A.
A2 Morita, Shane Y.
A2 Balch, Charles M.
A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne
A2 Pawlik, Timothy M.
A2 Posner, Mitchell C.
A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145758638
T1 Skin Cancer of the Head and Neck
T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793315
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145758638
RD 2024/04/24
AB Skin  cancer  of  the  head  and  neck  is  a  heterogeneous  group  of  malignancies  that  together  constitute  the  most  common  cancer  of  this  anatomic  region.  The  majority  of  cases  are  nonmelanoma  skin  cancers  (NMSC)  such  as  basal  cell  carcinoma  (BCC)  and  squamous  cell  carcinoma  (SCC),  but  melanoma  and  Merkel  cell  carcinoma  (MCC)  are  increasingly  encountered.  Although  most  skin  cancers  of  the  head  and  neck  are  successfully  treated  by  a  variety  of  practitioners  using  an  array  of  modalities,  melanoma  and  aggressive  variants  of  NMSC  demand  a  multidisciplinary  approach—the  challenge  lies  in  recognizing  the  dangerous  lesions  early  in  their  course  to  facilitate  comprehensive  staging  and  treatment.  Because  melanoma  is  thoroughly  addressed  elsewhere  in  this  text,  this  chapter  will  focus  on  NMSC,  particularly  BCC  and  SCC,  in  addition  to  the  unique  aspects  of  cutaneous  melanoma  of  the  head  and  neck.