Head and neck cancer
Subtitle: treatment, rehabilitation, and outcomes
By: edited by Elizabeth C. Ward, Corina J. van As-Brooks.
Contributors: Ward, Elizabeth C., Dr.; As-Brooks, Corina J. van.
Publisher: Plural Pub.; Plural Publishing Inc
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781597560610
Subjects: Head -- Cancer -- Treatment; Neck -- Cancer -- Treatment; Deglutition disorders -- Patients -- Rehabilitation; Speech disorders -- Patients -- Rehabilitation; Head and Neck Neoplasms -- therapy; Deglutition Disorders -- rehabilitation; Larynx, Artificial; Speech Disorders -- rehabilitation; Speech, Alaryngeal; Treatment Outcome
Description: Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "audio and video vignettes giving case examples covering swallowing disorders, stoma care, nonsurgical and prosthetic voice restoration, rehabilitation of olfaction, as well as personal patient experiences and reflections from adult and pediatric laryngectomees ..."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cancer of the head and neck / Nicholas A. Saunders, William B. Coman, and Alexander D. Guminski; title: Evaluating the impact of cancer of the head and neck / Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, Rico N.P.M. Rinkel, and C. René Leemans; title: Radiotherapy and chemotherapy / Lyndell E. Kelly; title: Oral, oropharyngeal, and nasopharyngeal cancer : intervention approaches / Ludwig E. Smeele; title: Speech and swallowing following oral, oropharyngeal, and nasopharyngeal cancers / Cathy L. Lazarus, Elizabeth C. Ward, and Edwin M. Yiu; title: Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer : intervention approaches / Alfons J. M. Balm; title: Speech and swallowing following laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer / Kylie Perkins, Kelli L. Hancock, and Elizabeth C. Ward; title: Non-surgical voice restoration following total laryngectomy / Jeffery P. Searl and I. Susan Reeves; title: Prosthetic voice restoration following total laryngectomy / Corina J. van As-Brooks and Dennis P. Fuller; title: Swallowing rehabilitation following total laryngectomy / Elizabeth C. Ward ... [et al.]; title: Stoma care and appliances / Elizabeth C. Ward, Lynn M. Acton, and Ann-Louise Morton; title: Pulmonary function and rehabilitation / Annemieke H. Ackerstaff, J. Karel Zuur, and Frans J.M. Hilgers; title: Rehabilitation of olfaction and taste following total laryngectomy / Corina J. van As-Brooks, Caterina A. Finizia, and Elizabeth C. Ward; title: Patient support and multidisciplinary management / Nadine R. Manison and Elizabeth C. Ward; title: Management of head and neck cancer : an international perspective / Elizabeth C. Ward ... [et al.].