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 About head and neck cancer
- 4 Types of head and neck cancer
- 5 Risk factors and causes of head and neck cancer
- 6 Symptoms of head and neck cancer
- 7 Diagnosing head and neck cancer
- 8 Treating head and neck cancer - an overview
- 9 Preparing for treatment
- 10 Surgery to treat head and neck cancer
- 11 Radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer
- 12 Chemotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer
- 13 Targeted therapies and immunotherapies for head and neck cancer
- 14 Changes you may experience after treatment
- 15 Well-being and recovery
- 16 Talking and getting support
- 17 Your feelings
- 18 If you are a family member or friend
- 19 Talking to children about cancer
- 20 About our information
- 21 Other ways we can help you
- 22 Other organisations
- 23 Further resources
- 24 Can you do something to help
- 25 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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