Throat Cancer

Term Paper # 103692

Biology
Medical and Health

Throat Cancer

This paper looks at how the treatment for laryngeal cancer effects the patient's voice and speech.

964 words () | 5 sources | APA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the risk factors and causes of throat cancer, as well as the treatments for the cancer and the resulting voice impairments. The paper futher discusses how speech rehabilitation and assistive devices impact on the emotional and psychological status of a patient. In light of this, the paper then offers recommendations for speech rehabilitation.

From the Paper:

"Cancer of the throat can be caused by a virus or by lifestyle habits such as a long history of smoking or excessive alcohol intake. When a virus is involved, the prevalence is much higher for women whose cancer develops because of an infection with papillomavirus (HPV), which is the same virus that causes cancer of the cervix (American Cancer Society, 2007). When throat cancer is not caused by smoking and alcohol, the prognosis is good with radiation therapy. The likelihood of the cancer returning and leading to death is reduced for patients whose cancer originates with a virus (American Cancer Society, 2007)."

Sample of Sources Used:

AdvaMed (2007). Medical technology and assistive devices. http://www.advamed.org/publicdocs/med_tech_assistive_devices.html
American Cancer Society (2007). Mouth and throat cancer. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/.asp
Kaanders, J. & Hordijk, G. (2002). Carcinoma of the larynx: The Dutch national guideline for diagnostics, treatment, supportive care and rehabilitation. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 63 (3), 299-307.
Maddalena, H. (2002). The influence of early speech rehabilitation with voice prostheses on the psychological state of laryngectomized patients. European Archives of Otorhinolaryngplogy, 259, 48-52.
Zeitels, S. & Casiano, R. (2002). Management of common voice problems. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 126 (4), 333-348.