In this issue of Dental Clinics, guest editors Drs. Alessandro Villa, Eric T. Stoopler, and Thomas P. Sollecito bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Oral Cancer: An Update. Top experts discuss updates and advances in the field, providing a current evaluation of oral cancers through biomarkers, biopsies, staging, treatment options, complications, and survivorship.- Contains 10 relevant, practice-oriented topics including staging and outcome of oral cancer; oral complications from oral cancer therapy; update on treatment options for oral cancer; survivorship in patients with oral cancer; and more- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on oral cancer, offering actionable insights for clinical practice- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
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Table of Contents
Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders: Current Knowledge and Future DirectionsPeriodontitis and Oral Cancer Risk
Diagnostic Adjuncts and Biopsy Techniques for Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Proliferative Leukoplakia
Staging and Outcome of Oral Cavity Cancer: Early Stage and Late Stage Disease
Staging and Outcome of Oral Cavity Cancer: Reconstruction, Recurrent Disease, and Specific Treatment Considerations
Chronic Oral Complications of Oral Cancer Therapy
Supportive Care for Oral Cancer Survivors: A Rehabilitation Approach
Chronic Complications and Survivorship in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
Authors
Alessandro Villa Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Instructor in Oral Medicine, Program Director for Oral Medicine Residency Program, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Dr. Alessandro Villa is an Associate Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He also holds an appointment as Instructor in Oral medicine at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine where he serves as the Program Director for the Oral Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Villa studied dental medicine at the University of Milano, and obtained a PhD from the University of Sassari, Italy. He obtained his Master of Public Health from AT Still University, MO. He completed a surgical residency in oral medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard School of Dental Medicine and a post-doctoral fellowship in cancer epidemiology and genetics at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Villa is board certified in Oral Medicine. His clinical interests include the treatment of oral mucosal diseases, salivary gland disorders and oral complications from cancer therapy. Dr. Villa's research interests are focused primarily on potentially malignant disorders of the oral cavity and oral toxicities from cancer treatment.Dr. Villa has published widely on topics in oral medicine and is the author of over 40 research papers, reviews and chapters. He serves on the editorial boards of both the World Journal of Stomatology and the American Journal of Oral Medicine. Eric T. Stoopler Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, USA. Thomas P. Sollecito Professor and Chairman of Oral Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, USA.
