Pathology of Head and Neck Tumors

The head and neck region contains the upper aerodigestive tract, salivary glands, eyes, ears, teeth, bone and soft tissue, where diverse uncommon tumors occur. This book represents a summary of the author’s twenty-four-year tenure as a head and neck pathologist at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. In this book, cases of various head and neck tumors are analysed, covering gross and microscopic pathologic findings, incidences by sites, subsites, ages, and genders, and associated clinical features. High-quality photographs and tabulated statistics of head and neck tumors are included, highlighting the epidemiological disparities between Eastern and Western nations and indicating some problems in the current World Health Organization classification system. This work will provide valuable insights for pathology trainees and hospital pathologists, and heighten curiosity and comprehension among medical personnel involved in head and neck oncology.

Author Biography

Kyung-Ja Cho (MD, PhD) is a graduate of Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea. She trained in pathology at the Seoul National University Hospital. Cho practiced from 1988 through 1999 at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, and in the meantime visited the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA, to study head and neck pathology. She moved to the University of Ulsan College of Medicine Asan Medical Center, South Korea, in 2020, and has been specializing in head and neck pathology, bone and soft tissue pathology, and cytopathology for 24 years. She has been an active member of many pathology, cytology, and oncology associations, and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine from 2009 through 2014. Cho has published several books, including a Korean language version of Pathology of Head and Neck Tumors, and about 400 pathology papers.