TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Head and Neck Surgery
A1  - Tsai, Veling W.
A2  - Quang, Tony S.
A2  - Taft, Michelle S.
A2  - Beriwal, Sushil
Y1  - 2022
N1  - 
T2  - Understanding the Principles and Practice of Legal Oncology
AB  - Head  and  neck  cancers  account  for  a  significant  portion  of  annual  incidence  of  cancers  in  the  United  States.  Although  not  as  prevalent  as  breast,  lung,  or  colon  cancer,  head  and  neck  malignancies  represent  over  10%  of  all  cancers  diagnosed  each  year,  accounting  for  over  100,000  patients  diagnosed  with  head  and  neck  malignancies.1  Despite  the  large  numbers  of  newly  diagnosed  patients  every  year,  the  mortality  rate  from  head  and  neck  malignancies  consistently  hovers  around  4%  of  total  deaths  from  cancers  in  the  United  States.2  This  low  mortality  rate  is  due  to  the  good  response  to  treatment  modalities  for  cancers  originating  in  the  head  and  neck.  The  traditional  therapies  of  surgical  resection,  chemotherapy  and  radiation  treatment,  and  the  newer  therapies  of  immunomodulation  treatment,  have  all  contributed  to  the  increased  survival  rate  of  patients  with  head  and  neck  cancer.  However,  patients  still  experience  poor  outcomes  and  surgical  complications,  which  may  result  in  alleged  wrongdoing  by  health  care  professionals.  This  chapter  will  focus  on  the  areas  of  head  and  neck  malignancies  with  respect  to  the  disease  in  particular  anatomic  locations  and  the  resulting  cause  of  the  potential  allegations  of  medical  malpractice.  This  chapter  will  also  discuss  aspects  of  care  of  head  and  neck  cancer  patients  that  may  minimize  the  potential  risk  of  malpractice  claims.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191392260
ER  -