Cancers of the Mouth and Throat
A Patient's Guide to Treatment
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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.
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Cancers of the Mouth and Throat, William M Lydiatt, Perry J. Johnson
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- Cancers of the Mouth and Throat
- Subtitle
- A Patient's Guide to Treatment
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William M Lydiatt, Perry J. Johnson
- Publisher
- Addicus Books
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 172
- ISBN10
- 1886039445
- ISBN13
- 9781886039445
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- 4.65 out of 5
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- 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.