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<p>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&#8212;how they kill cancer; reconstructive surgery; and experimental treatment through clinical trials.<br></p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>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 chapte

Author

MD, William M. Lydiatt; MD, Perry Johnson

Publisher

Omaha Neb.: Addicus Books

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781886039445

Subjects

Medical, Health & Fitness, Medicine