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What's New in Head and Neck Cancer: Knowing Your Health Care Team
- Overview of Head and Neck Cancer
- A Review of Your Health Care Team
- Key Questions in Making Treatment Decisions
- Surgical Interventions, including Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- New Chemotherapy Options
- Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy
- Guidelines for Dental Care
- Speech and Swallowing Rehabilitation
- Alternatives to Verbal Communication When Your Speech is Impaired
- Nutritional Concerns and Tips
Terry A. Day, MD, FACS Director, Head & Neck Tumor Program, Hollings Cancer Center, Associate Professor and Director, Division of Head and Neck Oncology Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina |
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Bonnie S. Glisson, MD, FACP Ashbel Smith Professor, Chief, Section of Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Professor of Medicine, Director of Educational Programs, Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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David I. Rosenthal, MD, FACR Director, Head and Neck Translational Research, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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Jan S. Lewin, PhD Associate Professor and Director, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Speech Pathology and Audiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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Douglas E. Peterson, DMD, PhD Professor, Division of Oral Medicine, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, Chair, Head & Neck/Oral Oncology Program, Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Connecticut Health Center |
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Denise Anderson, MS, RD, LD Senior Clinical Dietitian, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Clinical Nutrition |
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Carolyn Messner, DSW, MSW Director of Education and Training, CancerCare |
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American Cancer Society, American Pain Foundation, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, Association of Oncology Social Work, Black Women's Health Imperative, Cancer Patient Education Network, Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials, Gilda's Club Worldwide, Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, Intercultural Cancer Council, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, National Center for Frontier Communities, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, National Family Caregivers Association, Oral Cancer Foundation, Research Advocacy Network, Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer, Vital Options International & The Group Room, The Wellness Community
This program is made possible by an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC.
July 23, 2009
