Head and Neck Cancer

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Head and Neck Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer

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In 2014, Jason Mendelsohn was 44, had recently lost weight through Weight Watchers, and was feeling the most fit he’d ever been in his life. He had three kids, a wife of 17 years, and was the president of his family’s insurance company.

One day, while taking a financial services exam for his business, he rested his head in his hand to ponder a test question when he felt a dime-sized lump on his neck. “All of a sudden, I get a cancer diagnosis,” he tells me, describing the weeks that followed. “I’m like, are you kidding me? I had never even contemplated that I might get cancer because I felt so good, and literally had no symptoms.” Mendelsohn was diagnosed with stage 4 oropharyngeal…

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Head and Neck Cancer Alliance

The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA) was established in 2008 to create a coalition in the fight against head and neck cancer. Formerly the Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, HNCA expands on existing strengths to enhance the overall effort in prevention, detection, treatment and rehabilitation.

Support for People with Oral & Head & Neck Cancer

A patient-directed, self-help organization dedicated to meeting the needs of oral and head and neck cancer patients. SPOHNC, founded in 1991 by an oral cancer survivor, addresses the broad emotional, physical and humanistic needs of this population.

THANC Foundation

We are committed to supporting research and education in the early detection and treatment of thyroid and head and neck cancer, to advancing new therapies, and to alleviating the suffering and functional impairment of patients who undergo treatment.

The Oral Cancer Foundation

The Oral Cancer Foundation is a national public service, non-profit entity designed to reduce suffering and save lives through prevention, education, research, advocacy, and patient support activities. Oral cancer is the largest group of those cancers which fall into the head and neck cancer category. Common names for it include such things as mouth cancer, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer, and throat cancer.

ThyCa

Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association...this site maintains current information about thyroid cancer and support services available to people at any stage of testing, treatment, or lifelong monitoring for thyroid cancer, as well as their caregivers.

WebWhispers

WebWhispers was started in 1996 for those who had questions about larynx cancer treatments, surgery, recovery, and what life is like after laryngectomy surgery.

Amedeo

AMEDEO has been created to serve the needs of healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, administrators, other members of the health professions, and patients and their friends. They can easily access timely, relevant information within their respective fields.

CancerIndex

Head and neck cancers are malignancies arising in the upper aerodigestive tract (this includes: lip, tongue, salivary glands, mouth, oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, nasal cavity, and larynx). Laryngeal cancer is the most frequent type, accounting for about a quarter of head and neck cancers

Institute for Head and Neck and Thyroid Cancer

The Head and Neck and Thyroid Cancer Institute of Beth Israel in New York, New York, collaborates with The Institute for Reconstruction Sciences in Medicine in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland, and the University Medical Center Freiburg, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Freiburg, Germany, by gathering data to improve patient diagnosis, treatment and care.

Macmillan Cancer Support

Information on cancers of the head and neck, including how they are diagnosed, treatments you might have, possible side effects and how to get further support.

MedicineNet

Head and neck cancers account for approximately 3 to 5 percent of all cancers in the United States. These cancers are more common in men and in people over age 50.

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan-Kettering's comprehensive Head and Neck Disease Management Team is a world leader in treatment and post-treatment services, in basic science and clinical research, and in the training of the next generation of specialists devoted to these diseases.

National Cancer Institute

Information about head & neck cancer treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy

RadiologyInfo.org

The most common type of cancer in the head and neck is squamous cell carcinoma, which arises in the cells that line the inside of the nose, mouth and throat. Other less common types of head and neck cancers include salivary gland tumors, lymphomas and sarcomas.

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