Understanding head and neck cancers
This audiobook is about head and neck cancers, including cancers of the mouth and throat, as well as rarer cancers of the nasal cavity (inside the nose), sinuses, salivary glands and middle ear.
The audiobook covers what head and neck cancer is, the signs and symptoms, different treatment options, and coping with head and neck cancer treatment.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 What is cancer and the lymphatic system
- 4 Head and neck cancers
- 5 Risk factors and causes
- 6 Symptoms
- 7 How head and neck cancer are diagnosed
- 8 Further tests
- 9 Staging
- 10 Grading and testing for viruses
- 11 Treatment overview
- 12 Surgery
- 13 Radiotherapy
- 14 Chemotherapy
- 15 Targeted therapies
- 16 Research and clinical trials
- 17 After treatment
- 18 Coping with physical changes
- 19 Who can help
- 20 Your feelings
- 21 If you're a family member or friend
- 22 Relationships
- 23 About our information
- 24 Other ways we can help you
- 25 Other useful organisations
- 26 Can you do something to help
- 27 Further resources
- 28 Information about this recording
This audiobook is about head and neck cancers, including cancers of the mouth and throat, as well as rarer cancers of the nasal cavity (inside the nose), sinuses, salivary glands and middle ear.
The audiobook covers what head and neck cancer is, the signs and symptoms, different treatment options, and coping with head and neck cancer treatment.
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