Synopses & Reviews
William Lydiatt, M.D. and Perry Johnson, M.D., have worked with hundreds of mouth and throat cancer patients. They understand the emotional turmoil patients and their families go through after a cancer diagnosis, and they know how being informed can relieve some of that stress. Topics covered in this book include how early detection leaads to high cure rates; symptoms that could mean cancer; the emotional side of the cancer; how doctors make a diagnosis; staging the cancer and why it so important; surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy—how they kill cancer; reconstructive surgery; and experimental treatment through clinical trials.
Review
“...touches on the emotional as well as the physical effects of mouth and throat cancers.” —
BooklistSynopsis
Cancers affecting the mouth, throat, voice box, sinuses, thyroid, and salivary glands are commonly known as cancer of the head and neck. Nearly 80,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with cancer of the head or neck. As many as 300,000 are being treated for such cancers. In this unique, new consumer health book, Drs. William Lydiatt and Perry Johnson offer help in coping and understanding these diseases. Among the topics they cover: risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment -- surgery and radiation, alternative therapies, pain control, swallowing disorders, nutrition, and recurrence. Index, glossary, resource section.
About the Author
Dr. William Lydiatt practices head and neck surgical oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Lydiatt has authored thrity scientific publications and given dozens of local, national, and international presentations on head and neck cancer.
Dr. Perry Johnson is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon. He is also board-certified in otolaryngology—head and neck surgery. He practices at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Jonnson has authored twenty scientific publications and has presented nationally and internationally on topics of plastic and reconstructive surgery.