Diseases

Head and Neck Neoplasms

Soft tissue tumors or cancer arising from the mucosal surfaces of the LIP; oral cavity; PHARYNX; LARYNX; and cervical esophagus. Other sites included are the NOSE and PARANASAL SINUSES; SALIVARY GLANDS; THYROID GLAND and PARATHYROID GLANDS; and MELANOMA and non-melanoma skin cancers of the head and neck. (from Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 4th ed, p1651)

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Abstract

Soft tissue tumors or cancer arising from the mucosal surfaces of the LIP; oral cavity; PHARYNX; LARYNX; and cervical esophagus. Other sites included are the NOSE and PARANASAL SINUSES; SALIVARY GLANDS; THYROID GLAND and PARATHYROID GLANDS; and MELANOMA and non-melanoma skin cancers of the head and neck. (from Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 4th ed, p1651)

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33 entry terms
  • Head and Neck Neoplasm
  • Head, Neck Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms, Head and Neck
  • Cancer of Head
  • Cancer of Head and Neck
  • Cancer of Neck
  • Cancer of the Head
  • Cancer of the Head and Neck
  • Cancer of the Neck
  • Head Cancer
  • Head Neoplasm
  • Head Neoplasms
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Neck Cancer
  • Neck Neoplasm
  • Neck Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms, Head
  • Neoplasms, Neck
  • Neoplasms, Upper Aerodigestive Tract
  • UADT Neoplasm
  • UADT Neoplasms
  • Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasm
  • Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasms
  • Cancer, Head
  • Cancer, Neck
  • Cancers, Head
  • Cancers, Neck
  • Head Cancers
  • Neck Cancers
  • Neoplasm, Head
  • Neoplasm, Neck
  • Neoplasm, UADT
  • Neoplasms, UADT

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

soft tissue neoplasms only; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with histological type of neoplasm

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History Note

76; NECK NEOPLASMS was heading 1963-75

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  1. C04w.588.443

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NLM Classification

WE 707

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Head and Neck Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006258. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006258
  2. Head and Neck Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18975915