Roger Ebert
Esquire Magazine has a profile on Roger Ebert and his struggles with head and neck cancer. He had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002 and then salivary gland cancer in 2006 and his disease recurred in 2006 (with some very dire consequences, described in the article). Given how familiar we are with Mr. Ebert, this recent picture (attached to the article) is a poignant reminder of the physical consequences that can be associated with this disease:
CNN has picked up on the Esquire article and also details some of the basics of head and neck cancers and other high profile individuals who have been afflicted by this condition. It is heartening that people might become more educated about head and neck cancers as a consequence of this publicity. Perhaps more profiles like this will lead at-risk individuals to go in for screening.
