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Head and Neck Cancers Less Prevalent, Harder to Treat

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Susan Hidalgo-Smith

Published June 22, 2014 at 6:23 AM CDT

Dr. Laura Hetzler is a plastic surgeon working with the multidisciplinary team at the Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center. She says what makes cancers in the oral cavity, throat, lips, and larynx so hard to treat is that those parts of the body are involved in complex functions like how a person speaks, eats, and looks.

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Susan Hidalgo-Smith

Susanhas long been part of the WRKF family. Having been indoctrinated in public broadcasting as on-air talent formembership campaigns at LPB,WRKF asked her to be the development director at the radio station. She went on to serve as WRKF's underwriting manager for 12 years and then the special events director for another three.Susan, part of a family of doctors, can't help but be fascinated with medicine and health. Out of that fascination came the award-winning "Conversations in Medicineâ

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Head and Neck Cancers Less Prevalent, Harder to Treat

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