Cancers of the Head and Neck ― A Patient's Guide to Treatment

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 leads 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; new treatments in immunotherapy and targeted therapies: reconstructive surgery; and experimental treatment through clinical trials.

Perry Johnson, M.D., is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon as well as an?otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. He practices at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. His areas of expertise include reconstruction after head and neck cancer or breast cancer.?William Lydiatt, M.D., is a board-certified otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon. He practices surgical oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, and Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He also teaches and performs research at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine. His research interests include the prevention of cancer and improving the quality of life for head and neck cancer patients.