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Head & Neck Oncology — FNB reading list.

What a two-year FNB fellow in Head & Neck Oncology reads, and what each title is for.

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7Titles listed
4Read cover to cover
2 yrsFellowship length
400Marks in the exit exam
The fellowship

Head & Neck Oncology at a glance

Resection and reconstruction for oral, laryngeal, thyroid and salivary gland cancer.

DisciplineSurgical - General, Gastrointestinal and Oncologic
Length2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital
Entered fromMS/DNB General Surgery, MD/DNB Otorhinolaryngology, MCh/DNB/DrNB Surgical Oncology, or MCh Head and Neck Oncology
EntranceFET, the NBEMS Fellowship Entrance Test — 100 questions in 105 minutes, Part-A from the feeder specialty and Part-B from this fellowship.
How this list is used

Reading for Head & Neck Oncology

Jatin Shah's book is the one Indian head and neck fellows buy first, because it is built around exactly the oral cavity and larynx case load that dominates practice here, and its neck dissection and mandibulotomy chapters are read the night before the list. Cummings supplies the otolaryngology base that FNB candidates are examined on, and the AJCC manual is used daily for staging and for filling the operation note correctly. Imaging and pathology volumes are kept for tumour board preparation, and the reconstruction text for the free flap that follows most composite resections.

Titles are tagged core reading — the ones fellows finish — or reference, the ones they look things up in. Editions are given where the current edition is what you want to buy.

  1. Jatin Shah's Head and Neck Surgery and Oncologycore readingJatin P. Shah, Snehal G. Patel, Bhuvanesh Singh, Richard Wong (eds.) · Elsevier · 5th edition (2019)The field's standard operative text, read region by region against the week's resection list.
  2. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgerycore readingPaul W. Flint, Bruce H. Haughey, Valerie J. Lund, K. Thomas Robbins, J. Regan Thomas, Marci M. Lesperance, Howard W. Francis (eds.) · Elsevier · 7th edition (2020)The broad multi-volume reference used for the non-oncological otolaryngology the exit assessment still asks about.
  3. AJCC Cancer Staging Manualcore readingAmerican Joint Committee on Cancer (Mahul B. Amin et al., eds.) · Springer · 8th edition (2017)Used daily for staging, depth-of-invasion recording and extranodal extension documentation.
  4. Head and Neck Pathologycore readingLester D. R. Thompson, Justin A. Bishop (eds.) · Elsevier · 3rd edition (2017)Read alongside the pathology report when margins, perineural invasion or an unusual histology drive the adjuvant decision.
  5. Head and Neck ImagingreferencePeter M. Som, Hugh D. Curtin (eds.) · Elsevier · 5th edition (2011)Kept for tumour board preparation - reading the scan for bone, skull base and nodal involvement before the resection is planned.
  6. Flaps and Reconstructive SurgeryreferenceFu-Chan Wei, Samir Mardini (eds.) · Elsevier · 2nd edition (2016)The flap planning reference for the fibula, ALT and radial forearm reconstructions that follow most composite resections.
  7. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Head and Neck CancersreferenceNational Comprehensive Cancer NetworkThe treatment-pathway document Indian head and neck MDTs work from, updated more often than any textbook.

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The exit examination

What you are reading towards

The exit examination is the FEE - Fellowship Exit Examination, held after completion of the fellowship training. Theory: one paper of 100 marks (10 questions of 10 marks each) of three hours' duration. Practical: 300 marks, comprising clinical examination and viva voce. A candidate must obtain a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate across theory and practical (200 of 400) to qualify, with the theory paper itself to be passed at 50/100. Trainees must also appear in the formative assessment during training. Successful candidates are awarded the FNB (or FNB-PD) at the annual NBEMS convocation.

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Frequently asked

FNB Head & Neck Oncology — questions

Which books do FNB Head & Neck Oncology fellows read?

The 7 titles on this page, of which 4 are read cover to cover and the rest are kept as references. Most fellows own two or three and use the department copy for the others.

How long is the FNB in Head & Neck Oncology?

2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital, followed by the Fellowship Exit Examination.

Which specialty do you enter FNB Head & Neck Oncology from?

MS/DNB General Surgery, MD/DNB Otorhinolaryngology, MCh/DNB/DrNB Surgical Oncology, or MCh Head and Neck Oncology

How is the FNB exit examination marked?

One theory paper of 100 marks with ten questions of ten marks each, and a 300-mark practical of clinical examination and viva. A candidate needs 50 per cent in aggregate across the two.

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