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Cancer of the Ear

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The ear consists of pinna (auricle), external auditory canal (EAC), tympanic membrane, middle ear (containing the auditory ossicles), and inner ear in the petrous portion of the temporal bone (consisting of the bony and membranous labyrinth). Primary middle ear and temporal bone tumors are rare, but external ear cutaneous malignancies may involve these structures. BCC >> SCC for malignancies of the external ear, but SCC accounts for 85% of EAC, middle ear, and mastoid tumors. Nodal metastases occur in <15% with lymphatic drainage to parotid, cervical, and postauricular nodes.

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We thank Dr. M. Kara Bucci for her contribution to this chapter in the first edition.

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  1. Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Fred Y. Wu MD, PhD & Sue S. Yom MD

  2. Radiation Oncology, The Oregon Clinic, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR, US

    Eric K. Hansen MD

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  1. Div. Radiation Oncology, Oregon Clinic, SW. Barnes Rd. 9205, Portland, 97225, Oregon, USA

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  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, Divisadero Street, Suite H-1031 1600, San Francisco, 94143, California, USA

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Wu, F.Y., Hansen, E.K., Yom, S.S. (2010). Cancer of the Ear. In: Hansen, E., Roach, M. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Radiation Oncology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92988-0_4

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