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Cancers of the mouth & throat : a patient's guide to treatment / William M. Lydiatt, Perry J. Johnson.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RC280.M6 L935 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lydiatt, William M., 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mouth--Cancer--Popular works.
- Mouth.
- Mouth--Cancer.
- Throat--Cancer--Popular works.
- Throat.
- Throat--Cancer.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Cancers of the mouth and throat
- Place of Publication:
- Omaha Neb. : Addicus Books, 2001.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1886039445
- OCLC:
- 44934054
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