Meeting the Challenges of Oral and Head and Neck Cancer: A Survivor's Guide

ISBN 10: 1597562394 / ISBN 13: 9781597562393

Published by Plural Publishing, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Meeting the Challenges of Oral and Head and Neck Cancer: A Survivor's Guide
• Publisher: Plural Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597562394
• ISBN 13: 9781597562393
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Nancy Leupold, herself a survivor, and president and founder of Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC), and James J. Sciubba present an overview of the different disciplines involved in the treatment of oral and head and neck cancer, with emphasis on providing information and survivor tips to help survivors cope with the disease, its treatment, and their consequential side effects. This book takes a deliberately different stance and approach from other survivor guides, in that it concentrates on helping the individual who has completed treatment and is now on the road to recovery. Furthermore, it is unique in that it is attempting to meet the challenges of oral and head and neck cancer with specific information, in the form of lists and tables of products and suggestions. The editors enlist the help of expert physicians and other healthcare providers from major medical institutions in the United States who, collectively, aim to provide the answers to questions from coping with side-effects, through clinical trials, to insurance issues. The book is written to appeal both to individuals who are affected by oral and head and neck cancers as well as to the allied health professionals who need to have the answers to the many questions that arise.

About the Author

Awarded the American Head and Neck Society s prestigious Presidential Citation, Nancy E. Leupold is the President and Founder of Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer, Inc. (SPOHNC). An oral cancer survivor herself, she serves and has served as a member of numerous medical boards, committees and panels related to head and neck cancer research and care. Dr. Sciubba has served as a full Professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pathology and Dermatology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and runs a private practice. With over thirty-five years of experience with oral and head and neck cancer patients as a clinician, he has published extensively in the areas of oral cancer, oral and salivary gland diseases, and jawbone pathology. Dr. Sciubba is currently Vice President of Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) and was instrumental in the founding of the organization in 1991.