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Robotic Surgery: A Minimally Invasive Option for Throat Cancer

Recorded on 4/8/2011
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Charles Ross,
Throat Cancer Survivor
64-year-old Chuck Ross’ doctors discovered a tumor on the back of his tongue during a surgery for prostate cancer in February of 2010.  It was throat cancer.  Chuck was referred to Dr. Eduardo Mendez, who was able to remove the tumor in May of 2010 using robotic surgery.  Chuck was in and out of surgery in under an hour followed... more >

Neal Futran, M.D., D.M.D. Neal Futran, M.D., D.M.D.
Director of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, UW Medicine
Dr. Futran is the Allison T. Wanamaker Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, at the University of Washington Medical Center as well as an adjunct professor in the departments of plastic surgery and neurological surgery.  He specializes in microvascular head and neck reconstruction, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and skull base surgery. Dr. Futran is... more >

Eduardo Mendez, M.D. Eduardo Mendez, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, UW Medicine
Dr. Mendez, an expert in surgical treatment of head and neck cancers and the genetics of oral cancers, is a UW assistant professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and an affiliate investigator at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He is board-certified in otolaryngology. more >

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