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Friday, October 11, 2024

Itzhak Brook MD was given the Distinguished Service Award by The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance

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 Itzhak Brook MD was  awarded the Distinguished  Service Award by The Head and Neck  Cancer Alliance at their Survivorship Symposium in Phil...
Thursday, August 8, 2024

Social isolation and loneliness in laryngectomees

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  Laryngectomees, face many psychological, social and personal challenges . Laryngectomees also experience social isolation and loneliness (...
Friday, August 2, 2024

Instructions for inpatient care of laryngectomees.

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 It is advisable that laryngectomees provide the Instructions below to the medical staff who cares for them: INSTRUCTIONS:   INPATIENT CARE ...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

The sixth edition of the Expanded Laryngectomee Guide is available

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  I am happy to announce the publication of the 6 th edition of the Expanded Laryngectomee Guide, now spanning 379 pages. This updated and r...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

Oral HPV infection before and after treatment for HPV16-positive and negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

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  Oral HPV infection can persist in the oro-pharynx after treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), with different patter...
Monday, May 6, 2024

Navigating Uncertainty: Coping Strategies for Cancer Patients Facing an Uncertain Future

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Cancer diagnosis brings with it a whirlwind of emotions, and perhaps one of the most daunting is uncertainty about the future. From treatmen...
Saturday, May 4, 2024

The power of a hug in caring for head and neck cancer patients

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  The power of a hug in caring for head and neck cancer patients can be immense. Cancer treatments, especially those targeting the head an...
Thursday, May 2, 2024

The Transformative Power of a Smile in Laryngectomees

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After undergoing a laryngectomy, I received invaluable advice from a seasoned laryngectomee: before engaging in conversation, always start w...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

Anxiety, depression and quality of life following laryngectomy. A long-term prospective evaluation.

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  Mukoyama and colleagues from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; assessed anxiety, depression and quality of li...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Dr Itzhak Brook Keynote address. “ Back to Life” 2nd Annual Head and Neck Cancer Patient & Caregiver Symposium at Keck Medicine University of California. April 6, 2024.

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  Dr. Itzhak Brook Keynote address. “Back to Life”  after laryngectomy 2nd Annual Head and Neck Cancer Patient & Caregiver Symposium at ...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

How wearing a hearing aid can improve speech

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  Hearing loss may make individuals perceive that their voice is weaker than it actually is. It may contribute to social isolation and make ...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Decisional Conflict in Patients with Advanced Laryngeal Carcinoma

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Heirman and colleagues from the Department of Head-and-Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, studied the decis...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

A poem by Anne Pitkin about life challenges of Laryngectomee published in JAMA in the Healing and Poetry Section January 23, 2024

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  You can do everything you did before except swim. If you swim, water will flood your lungs     through the hole in your neck. I can buzz L...
Sunday, January 7, 2024

Artificial Intelligence helping laryngectomees to speak again

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 The developments in artificial intelligence led to developments that can help laryngectomees use new ways by which they can speak again. Mo...
Friday, December 29, 2023

Dysautonomia in oral and head and neck cancer patients

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Dysautonomia is an umbrella term referring to a group of several medical conditions that cause a malfunction of the Autonomic Nervous System...
Saturday, December 16, 2023

Patients requiring multiple dilations are at increased risk of persistent dysphagia long-term.

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  Following total laryngectomy (TL) or laryngopharyngectomy (TLP), patients may develop strictures that Head Neck require multiple dilations...
Monday, November 6, 2023

Quality of Life, Dysphagia, Voice Problems, Depression, and Anxiety after Laryngectomy

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  Wulff and colleagues from Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark.; determine health-related quality of life (HRQoL), including voice ...
Thursday, November 2, 2023

Loneliness and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

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  Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are at risk of loneliness because of the effects of the disease and its treatment on important so...
Saturday, October 28, 2023

Tobacco Cessation Following Laryngeal Cancer Diagnosis Predicts Response to Treatment and Laryngectomy-Free Survival

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Krutz and colleagues from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center s tudied the effect of tobacco cessation following laryngealcanc...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Who is the best surgeon and what is the best place to have laryngectomy?

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  Saraswathula   from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues evaluated therelationship between surgeon volume and operativ...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Fatal Tracheoesophageal Puncture Leakage Associated With Lenvatinib.

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Fatal tracheoesophageal puncture leakage associated with Lenvatinib treatment was reported by Salvatori S. and Tanvetyanon   T.   from Moffi...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Quality of sexual life after total laryngectomy for cancer.

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 Babin and colleagues from the Department of Otolaryngology of the University of Caen France, reviewed 24 studies that evaluated sexual li...
Monday, June 12, 2023

RESOURCES FOR LARYNGECTOMEES By Itzhak Brook MD , M Sc,

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  •        The Laryngectomee Guide. Paperback and Kindle at  http://goo.gl/z8RxEt       Free download at https://www.entnet.org/laryngectome...
Friday, May 5, 2023

Pravastatin antifibrotic efficacy in reversing radiation-induced fibrosis after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer

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  A prospective stud y done by Celine Bourgier and colleagues from Université de Montpellier, France; .showed that pravastatin (a statin) is...