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Unusual Neoplasms of the Head and Neck

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This chapter will discuss unusual neoplasms of the head and neck. General principles regarding workup and management paradigms are discussed for a subset of these diseases.

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Acknowledgment

We thank Sunanda Pejavar MD, Eric K. Hansen MD, and Sue Yom MD PhD MAS for their work on the prior edition of this chapter. And we thank Dr. M. Kara Bucci for her contribution to this chapter in the first edition.

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

    Jason Chan

  2. Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Adam Garsa

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  1. The Oregon Clinic, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA

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  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Franc, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA

    Mack Roach III

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Chan, J., Garsa, A. (2018). Unusual Neoplasms of the Head and Neck. In: Hansen, E., Roach III, M. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62642-0_12

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