My Voice: Laryngectomy and Head and Neck Cancer Information

Created by Itzhak Brook MD a physician and a laryngectomee. It contains information about head and neck cancer, life after laryngectomy, and manuscripts and videos about Dr. Brook's personal experiences as a patient with throat cancer. It has information about side effects of radiation and chemotherapy; methods of speaking; airway, mucus, stoma, voice prosthesis; eating and swallowing; medical, dental and psychological issues; respiration; anesthesia; travelling; and COVID-19.

About Itzhak Brook MD

Dr. Itzhak Brook: Dr. Itzhak Brook is a physician who specializes in pediatrics and infectious diseases. He is a Professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University Washington D.C. and his areas of expertise are anaerobic and head and neck infections including sinusitis. He has done extensive research on respiratory tract infections and infections following exposure to ionizing radiation. Dr. Brook served in the US Navy for 27 years. He is the author of 9 medical textbooks, 3 autobiographical books, 155 medical book chapters and many scientific publications. He is an editor of four and associate editor of four medical journals. He is a board member of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance. Dr. Brook is the recipient of the 2012 J. Conley Medical Ethics Lectureship Award by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Brook was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2006.

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My Voice: Laryngectomy and Head and Neck Cancer Information

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Update about Michael Douglas' condition

Three new publications about my experiences as physician who is also a cancer patient

Blood test to capture cancer

Complications of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer

Sinusitis after irradiation therapy for head and neck carcinoma

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment: is it working?

Are Probiotics Safe and Effective?

Biomarkers hold promise for early detection of head and neck cancer

Study shows greater survival at medical centers with more experience

Smoking and sinusitis

Radiation exposure at the airport full-body scanners. Are they dangerous to those who had received radiation treatment for cancer ?

TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS). An Update from A Symposium at Johns Hopkins on 10/16/10.

"My Voice" Book Signing Event in the News

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is now the main cause of head and neck cancer in the USA

Michael Douglas recent diagnosis of throat cancer

Article in JAMA (Brook I. Rediscovering my voice. JAMA.2009; 302; 236.)

Article in Archives of Otolaryngolgy Head and Neck Surgery ( Brook I. Neck Cancer- A Physicians’ Personal Experience. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009;135:118. )