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This page gives details of a selection of books and leaflets about head and neck cancers. There is information about
You can find a list of books about cancer, treatments, and living with cancer on our general reading list.
Looking Forward: the speech and swallowing guidebook for people with cancer of the larynx or tongue
Jack E. Thomas and Robert L. Keith
Thieme Medical Publishers, 2005
ISBN 3136662040
Has information about cancer treatments and how to manage problems with speech and swallowing. It includes exercises for improving speech and swallowing, and tips on tube feeding.
100 Questions and Answers about Head and Neck Cancer
Carper E, Hu KS and Kuzin E
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006
ISBN: 978 0763743079
An American book which gives both doctor's and patient's views on treatment for head and neck cancer and quality of life, and much more.
Cancer At Your fingertips (3rd edition)
Val Speechley and Maxine Rosenfield
Class Publishing, 2001
ISBN 978-1859590362
Facts about cancer and cancer treatments set out in question and answer form. Includes information on diet, exercise, sex and relationships, holidays, employment and money matters.
Living with Cancer
Jeffrey Tobias, Kay Eaton and Gary Lineker OBE
Bloomsbury, 2001
ISBN 0747554102
Follows the BBC TV series of the same name. Covers treatment, side effects and different types of cancer, including head and neck cancers.
Understanding cancer of the head and neck
Diet and cancer
Coping with advanced cancer
Controlling cancer pain
Controlling symptoms of cancer
Lost for words - how to talk to someone with cancer
Sexuality and cancer
Understanding chemotherapy
Understanding radiotherapy
Coping with hair loss
Coping with fatigue
Understanding clinical trials
The emotional effects of cancer
What do I tell the children - a guide for a parent with cancer
Talking about your cancer
Adjusting to life after cancer treatment
Many of these booklets are also available as CD's.
From the Royal Marsden Hospital Trust
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
Clinical trials
Your operation and Anaesthetic
These booklets can be downloaded from the Royal Marsden website.
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