Non-melanoma Skin cancer, including cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, is the most common form of malignancy in the Caucasian population, and the skin of the head and neck is the site most involved. They should not be underestimated; in particular, high-risk lesions and advanced skin cancers require accurate diagnostic work up, aggressive surgical treatment and should be managed by the head and neck surgeon, the dermatologist and the plastic surgeon. Cutaneous head-neck malignancies are often overlooked or not routinely treated with a multidisciplinary surgical approach. Similarly, for primary head and neck cancers with involvement of surrounding skin, the involvement of the dermatologist and the plastic surgeon could better define an adequate diagnosis and treatment planning. The management of these patients presents both therapeutic and ethical problems, because the poor prognosis is burdened by facial disfigurement, open malodorous wounds and intractable pain. Therefore, in patients with advanced disease that is not candidate to radical surgery, palliative surgery with flap reconstruction could take place and could be proposed to improve quality of life.

Almadori, G., De Corso, E., Settimi, S., Di Cintio, G., Mele, D. A., Brigato, F., Paludetti, G., Salgarello, M., When is a surgical multidisciplinary approach required in the management of head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer and in advanced head and neck pathologies involving skin?, <<ACTA OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICA ITALICA>>, 2021; 41 (Suppl. 1): 145-157. [doi:10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-41-2021-15] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/230756]

When is a surgical multidisciplinary approach required in the management of head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer and in advanced head and neck pathologies involving skin?

Almadori, Giovanni;De Corso, Eugenio;Settimi, Stefano;Mele, Dario Antonio;Paludetti, Gaetano;Salgarello, Marzia
2021

Abstract

Non-melanoma Skin cancer, including cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, is the most common form of malignancy in the Caucasian population, and the skin of the head and neck is the site most involved. They should not be underestimated; in particular, high-risk lesions and advanced skin cancers require accurate diagnostic work up, aggressive surgical treatment and should be managed by the head and neck surgeon, the dermatologist and the plastic surgeon. Cutaneous head-neck malignancies are often overlooked or not routinely treated with a multidisciplinary surgical approach. Similarly, for primary head and neck cancers with involvement of surrounding skin, the involvement of the dermatologist and the plastic surgeon could better define an adequate diagnosis and treatment planning. The management of these patients presents both therapeutic and ethical problems, because the poor prognosis is burdened by facial disfigurement, open malodorous wounds and intractable pain. Therefore, in patients with advanced disease that is not candidate to radical surgery, palliative surgery with flap reconstruction could take place and could be proposed to improve quality of life.
2021
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Almadori, G., De Corso, E., Settimi, S., Di Cintio, G., Mele, D. A., Brigato, F., Paludetti, G., Salgarello, M., When is a surgical multidisciplinary approach required in the management of head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer and in advanced head and neck pathologies involving skin?, <<ACTA OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICA ITALICA>>, 2021; 41 (Suppl. 1): 145-157. [doi:10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-41-2021-15] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/230756]
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