Introduction: Epidemiology, Pathology and Clinical Presentation KU Leuven
© R. Hermans 2008 and Cambridge University Press, 2009. In general in the head and neck, two major groups of malignant neoplasms can be recognized. A smaller but important group of neoplasms can be described as “glandular neoplasms,” the majority arising in the thyroid, a minority in the salivary glands. These tumors are not considered in this chapter. This chapter deals specifically with the largest group of malignancies, so-called squamous ...