Items Tagged ‘throat cancer’
January 25th, 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 19th, 2012
Laser microsurgery for throat cancer preserves voice, function
By Margaret Shepard, Communications Specialist 
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 20th, 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 2nd, 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
March 13th, 2009
Benefits of Collaborative Patient Care – Thoughts from a Mayo Clinic Head and Neck Surgeon
In the video below, Eric Moore, M.D., a head and neck surgeon at Mayo Clinic, describes benefits of the comprehensive, collaborative and efficient patient care provided every day to Mayo Clinic patients. For more information on recent research by Dr. Moore, view the post and video on transoral robotic surgery for throat cancers.
Tags: collaboration, ENT, Mayo, Mayo Clinic, otorhinolaryngology, patient care, throat cancer