Head and shoulders (and necks) above the rest Nov 14, 2009
His primary research focus is in the evaluation of laryngeal speech following total laryngectomy and pharyngeal reconstruction. He is currently an associate editor for Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and served as an editor and co-author for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Clinics of North America on the topic of Voice Following Laryngeal Cancer Surgery. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Support Group Sep 7, 2009
Monday, September 07, 2009. Deadline for submitting is one week prior to publication. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Voice Box Can Be Preserved, Even With The Largest Cancers, Study Suggests Jun 30, 2009
We found that if a patient s tumor does not respond to chemotherapy, the patient can be instantly referred for a laryngectomy, which is the standard of care ... Meanwhile, a large group of patients get to preserve their voice box by avoiding laryngectomy. (Science Daily)
The Switch-Off: Analog TV Gone For Good Jun 16, 2009
And while they're at it, they can give Billy Mays (here) a laryngectomy ... Jasperliliy said: "I have no problem with the changeover to digital because I have cable. But I am going to discontinue the cable service because they serve up nothing but garbage. Half the channels - and I do mean half - are solely infomercials. When I signed up, they never declared that I would be paying for infomercials, that they were charging me for huckster companies trying to sell me something. On the other... (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
Drug Combo Helps Larynx Cancer Patients Preserve Voice Box Mar 27, 2009
TPF was superior for patients with locally advanced cancers of the larynx and hypopharynx and this treatment can help more patients avoid total laryngectomy (removal of the voicebox), concluded the researchers at the Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Tours. However, they added that because the study was limited to patients with only larynx and hypopharynx cancer and was specially designed for organ preservation, "we cannot generalize the findings to all locally advanced head and... (MEDLINEplus)
SUPPORT GROUPS Mar 24, 2009
-Lost Chord laryngectomy support group meets first and third Tuesdays, Regional Cancer Center, 2500 W. 12th St. Call 866-5077. -Erie ostomy support group meets third Thursday of every month except January and February, 6:30 p.m., Saint Vincent Health Center Women's Diagnostic Center. (Erie Times-News, PA)
KATH performs first Laryngectomy and neck dissection. Mar 17, 2009
KATH performs first Laryngectomy and neck dissection ... (KATH) in Kumasi now has the expertise to perform total Laryngectomy - surgical ... first combined surgery of total laryngectomy and neck dissection at the hospital. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Doctors plan voice box transplant Feb 27, 2009
But when it is removed - in a procedure known as a laryngectomy - the patient is left with a permanent breathing hole in their neck. The difficulty of restoring the complicated nerve and muscle functions has, to date, been beyond surgery. (BBC News -- Science)
NSMC support groups and programs Feb 10, 2009
Laryngectomy Support Group, second Saturday of the month, 2-4 p.m., NSMC Salem Hospital, 81 Highland Ave., Salem ... This group is dedicated to laryngectomy patients. (Danvers Herald, MA)
