Cancers of the Mouth and Throat: A Patient's Guide to Treatment - Softcover

Lydiatt MD, William M.; Johnson MD, Perry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886039445 ISBN 13: 9781886039445

Publisher: Addicus Books, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

From Library Journal:

Patients and family members seeking comprehensive coverage of mouth and throat cancers will get little help from this latest guide by otolaryngologist Lydiatt and plastic and reconstructive surgeon Johnson. Sadly, this well-written and easy-to-read guide falls short in detailing the specifics. For example, the chemotherapy section presents a good overview of how cancer drugs fight the disease but fails to name or provide data on the specific drugs used to combat each type of cancer. Similarly, the surgery chapter is supplemented in the appendix by brief explanations of each mouth and throat operation, but these explanations do not explain clearly the unique features, risks, and complications of each procedure. Patrons would be better advised to look at chapter "Head and Neck Cancers" in The American Cancer Society's Informed Decisions (NAL, 1999) until a more thorough, patient-friendly text is available. Not recommended.AGail Hendler, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr., New York
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Addicus Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1886039445
• ISBN 13: 9781886039445
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160