本书是为耳鼻咽喉科、肿瘤内科、放射肿瘤科和颌面外科的住院医师和从业人员编写的，书中全面、简明地讨论了在处理口腔、咽部和喉部鳞状细胞癌患者时所需的临床决策所依据的最佳证据。由于本书的形式通俗易懂、实用性强，与市场上其他相关书籍有很大不同。本书的格式是在每一章的开头提出问题，然后用每个病例可用的证据和最佳实践来回答，每一章都解决了临床医生在诊断评估和治疗头颈部癌症患者时可能面临的情况。
在头颈部癌症的治疗中，大多数临床决策都是基于一些对照、随机临床试验的结果（证据级别I）。然而，大多数决策是基于病例对照研究（证据等级II）、描述性研究、专家委员会的报告或权威机构的意见（证据等级III）的结果。这些信息分散在文献中，而且经常与其他主题的信息一起出现。因此，有必要出版一份出版物，从文献中提炼出与某一特定临床问题相关的证据，并以单一、简明、临床、情况驱动的方式呈现。口腔、咽部和喉部的癌症。口腔、咽喉和喉癌：循证决策》就是这样的资源。
Written for residents and practitioners of otolaryngology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and maxiollofacial surgery, this book provides the reader with a comprehensive, concise discussion of the best evidence available on which to base clinical decisions needed when managing patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx. Because of its accessible and practical format, this book is considerably different than other related titles on the market. Formatted with questions at the beginning of each chapter that are then answered with evidence and best practices available for each case, each chapter addresses situations the clinician is likely to face in the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of a patient with cancer of the head and neck.
Most clinical decisions in the management of cancers of the head and neck region are based on the results of a few controlled, randomized clinical trial trials (Evidence Level I). However, most decision-making is based on the results of case-control studies (Evidence Level II), descriptive studies, reports of expert committees, or opinions of respected authorities (Evidence Level III). This information is scattered throughout the literature and often comingled with information about other topics. Therefore, there is a need for a publication in which the evidence pertinent to making decisions regarding a particular clinical problem is distilled from the literature and presented in a single concise, clinical, situation-driven source. Cancer of the Oral Cavity, Pharynx and Larynx: Evidence-Based Decision Making is just such a resource.
