Items Tagged ‘3325’
January 25, 2013
Physician Documents his Cancer Survival, Grateful to Mayo Clinic
By MakalaArce 
I am Dr. J. Kemper Campbell, an ophthalmologist from Lincoln, Nebraska. I noted a small asymptomatic mass on the right side of my neck in December 2006. When needle biopsy established it to be a poorly differentiated metastatic cancer of unknown origin, I asked a colleague for a referral to the institution best equipped to […]
Tags: 1136, 3325, 5267, 5335, Dr. J. Kemper Campbell, Dr. Kerry Olsen, ENT, metastatic cancer, Neck, Surgery, throat cancer
November 19, 2012
Laser microsurgery for throat cancer preserves voice, function
Transoral laser microsurgery was the right choice for throat cancer patient Danny Snodgrass.
Tags: 3325, 5267, 5335, Danny Snodgrass, Dr. Eric Moore, Mayo Clinic, throat cancer
October 20, 2011
Thanks to Mayo, My Survival and Passion for Softball Will Continue
By MakalaArce
I will never forget the afternoon of January 31, 2011, when I was at my local health provider and received the devastating news that I had stage 4 throat cancer at the base of my tongue that had spread to my lymph nodes. My local health care provider gave me all the bad news, with […]
Tags: 1136, 3325, 3640, 3719, 3723, 5267, 5279, 5335, arm, Brad Schwarck, Chicago, Eric Moore
August 2, 2011
Faster Recovery after Throat Cancer Surgery
When Rob Clary, 44, of Cave Creek, Ariz., needed surgery for cancer in his throat, the surgeon was able to remove the cancer through Clary’s mouth. Last February, Clary had surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, one of a few hospitals in the United States to offer this transoral approach for head and neck cancers. […]
Tags: 1136, 3325, 3640, 3719, 3723, 5157, 5267, 5279, 5333, Rob Clary, throat cancer
April 13, 2011
By MakalaArce
When 64-year-old Dennis Nigon struggled for two weeks with a sore throat, he never imagined he would be diagnosed with cancer a few weeks later. Nigon didn’t think anything serious of his sore throat. But as it continued to persist, he decided to go in for tests, and he’s grateful that he did.
Tags: 1136, 3325, 5148, 5267, 5279, 5335, Cancer, carcinoma, Dennis Nigon, Eric Moore, Mayo Clinic, throat