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 - 2024/10/09 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191392260 ER -