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Head and Neck Cancer Types
Hypopharyngeal Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer (Voice Box Cancer)
Mouth Cancer (Oral Cancer, Tongue, Gum, Jaw)
Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Nose Cancer (Nasal, Sinus Cancer)
Oropharyngeal Cancer (Tonsil Cancer)
Salivary Gland Cancer
Skin Cancer (Face, Nose and Lip)
Throat Cancers
Thyroid Cancer
Unknown Primary Cancer
Diagnosis
What is head and neck cancer?
Screening
Signs and symptoms
Head and Neck Cancer Tests
Biopsy
Human Papilloma Virus
Imaging Tests
Nasoendoscopy and Laryngoscopy
Pathology tests
Audiometry tests
X-ray Tests
Understanding your diagnosis
Staging and grading
Understanding prognosis
What does 'incurable cancer' mean?
The cancer care team
Questions to ask
Treatment
Emerging Therapies
Immunotherapy
Hypopharyngeal cancer
Treatment options
Questions to ask
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer (Voice Box Cancer)
Treatment options
Questions to ask
What is laryngeal cancer
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Nose Cancer (Nasal, Sinus Cancer)
Treatment options
Questions to ask
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Nasopharyngeal cancer
Treatment options
Questions to ask
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Mouth Cancer (Oral Cancer, Tongue, Gum, Jaw)
Treatment
Questions to ask
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Oropharyngeal Cancer (Tonsil Cancer)
Treatment options
Questions to ask
What is oropharyngeal cancer
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Salivary gland cancer
Treatment options
Questions to ask
What is salivary gland cancer
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Skin Cancer (Face, Nose and Lip)
Treatment options
Questions to ask
What is skin cancer
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Thyroid cancer
Treatment options
Questions to ask
What is thyroid cancer
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Unknown primary cancer
Treatment options
Questions to ask
What is unknown primary cancer
Follow up care
Supportive Care
Incurable Cancer
Health and Wellbeing
Changes in appearance
Complementary therapies
Diet and nutrition
Nutrition Videos
Eating Socially
Recipe Books
Soup for the Soul Cooking Workshop
Emotional wellbeing
Exercise
Facial Prosthetics
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Hearing
Laryngectomy
Patient advocates
Physiotherapy and Lymphoedema
Physiotherapy & Lymphoedema Webinar
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Tracheostomy
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Being a caregiver
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Head and Neck Cancer GP & Dentist Education Module
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MDT Contact Details
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Expert contributors
Dr Bruce Ashford
Head & Neck Surgeon
Wollongong Hospital NSW
A/Prof Martin Batstone
Maxillofacial and Head & Neck Surgeon
Royal Brisbane Hospital QLD
Dr Vikneswary Batumalai
Research Radiation Therapist Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre
Ingham Institute NSW
Dr Thomas Beddow
Medical Student
University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Ron Bova
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon/Clinical Associate Professor
St Vincent's Clinic NSW
Dr Raewyn Campbell, Sydney Adventist Hospital, NSW
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Sydney Adventist Hospital, NSW
Dr John Chaplin, New Zealand
Thyroid and Head and Neck Surgeon
Auckland, New Zealand
Ms Emma Charters
Speech Pathologist
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
Dr Madhavi Chilkuri
Radiation Oncologist
Townsville Cancer Centre, QLD
Dr Ben Chua
Radiation Oncologist
Metro North Hospital, QLD
Prof Jonathan Clark
Head & Neck Surgeon
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
Dr Anthony Clifford
Head and Neck Surgeon
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
Dr Michael Collins
Radiation Oncologist
Townsville Cancer Centre, QLD
Dr Scott Coman
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD
Ms Fiona Considine
Head and Neck Cancer Nurse
Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
Ms Louise Cooney
Dietitian
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD
Dr Stephen Cooper
Radiation Oncologist
Macquarie University Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital, NSW
Dr Julia Crawford
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
St Vincent’s Public and Private Hospital, NSW
A/Prof Glen Croxson
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Fourth Avenue ENT Clinic, NSW
Sister Sarah Davies
Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Consultant
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
A/Prof Sid Davis
Radiation Oncologist
The Alfred Hospital, VIC
Dr Haryana Dhillon
Research Fellow
University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Hayley Dixon
Dentist, Head of Department
Westmead Centre for Oral Health, NSW
Dr Sam Douthwaite
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
ENT Clinics, QLD
Ms Shani Drake
Dietitian
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Dr Marcin Dzienis
Medical Oncologist
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD
A/Prof Ardalan Ebrahimi
Head & Neck Surgeon
Canberra Hospital, ACT
A/Prof Michael Elliott
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
Ms Merran Findlay
Oncology Specialist Dietitian
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
A/Prof Dion Forstner
Radiation Oncologist
Liverpool and Campbelltown Hospitals, NSW
Dr Allan Fowler
Radiation Oncologist
Liverpool Hospital, NSW
Sr Catriona (Cate) Froggatt
Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Consultant
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
A/Prof Richard Gallagher
Head and Neck Surgeon, Director Head and Neck Service
St Vincent’s Health Network, NSW
A/Prof Chris Griffiths
Dental Surgeon
Westmead Centre for Oral Health and Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, NSW
A/Prof Alexander Guminski
Medical Oncologist
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
Dr Jacques Hill
Radiation Oncologist
Mid North Coast Cancer Institute, NSW
Dr Joe Jabbour
Senior Resident Medical Officer
St Vincent’s Hospital, NSW
Ms Darcy Jongebloed
Clinical Dietitian
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Dr Michael Kernohan
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, NSW
A/Prof Suren Krishnan
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
Dr Judith Lacey
Director of Supportive Care
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, NSW Palliative and Supportive Care, St George Private Hospital, NSW
Dr Richard Lewis
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Mount Hospital and Fiona Stanley, WA
Mr Tiel Lillehagen
Consumer Representative
Melbourne, VIC
Dr Annette Lim
Medical Oncologist
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Dr Hubert Low
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
A/Prof Bernard Lyons
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
St Vincent’s Hospital, VIC
Dr Julia Maclean
Speech Pathologist
St George Hospital, NSW
Dr Matthew Magarey
ENT/.Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Mr Michael Marthick
Exercise Physiologist
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
Ms Julie McCrossin
Consumer advocate, NSW
Dr Lachlan McDowell
Radiation Oncologist
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Dr Aoife McGarvey
Physiotherapist (PhD) Conjoint Lecturer (University of Newcastle)
Calvary Mater Newcastle
Dr Margaret McGrath
Medical Oncologist
Princess Alexandra and Greenslopes Hospitals, QLD
Dr John McGuinness
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Liverpool Hospital, NSW
A/Prof Chris Milross
Director, Radiation Oncology & Medical Services
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
A/Prof Gary Morgan
Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon
Westmead Hospital, NSW
Dr Payal Mukherjee
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Sydney Adventist Hospital, NSW
Ms Tracey Nicholls
Nurse Practitioner
ENT Flinders Medical Centre, SA
A/Prof Navin Niles
Endocrine and Head & Neck Surgeon
Liverpool Hospital, NSW
Ms Jodie Nixon
Clinical Team Leader- Cancer Services (including Lymphoedema Program), Occupational Therapy
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD
Dr Michelle K Nottage
Senior Staff Specialist, Medical Oncology
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, QLD
Sr Justine Oates
Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Consultant
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
A/Prof Carsten Palme
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon Director of Head and Neck Surgery
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
Prof Ben Panizza
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD
Prof Sandro Porceddu
Radiation Oncologist
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD
Dr Amy Prawira
Medical Oncologist
The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, NSW
A/Prof Faruque Riffat
ENT/.Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon
Westmead and Nepean Hospitals, NSW
A/Prof Mark Schifter
Head of Department, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Special Care Dentistry
Western Sydney LHD, NSW
Ms Diana Schulz
Head and Neck Cancer, Clinical Nurse Consultant
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD
Ms Carrie Service
Dietitian
Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
Dr Kerwin Shannon
Head & Neck Surgeon
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
Dr Heather Shepherd
Research Fellow
University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Mark Smith
Otolaryngologist/Head & Neck Surgeon
Westmead Hospital, NSW
Dr Brian Stein
Medical Oncologist
Adelaide Cancer Centre, SA
Dr Rebecca Strutt
Palliative Care Specialist
Liverpool Hospital, NSW
A/Prof Puma Sundaresan
Radiation Oncologist Consultant
Sydney West Cancer Network, NSW
A/Prof Mark Sywak
Endocrine Surgeon
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
Dr Swee Tan
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Hutt Valley DHB, New Zealand
Dr Mo Mo Tin
Radiation Oncologist
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
Prof Michael Veness
Radiation Oncologist
Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Westmead Hospital and Nepean Cancer Centre, Nepean Hospital, NSW
A/Prof David Weisenfeld
Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Ms Carol Wilder
Radiation Therapy Educator
Liverpool & Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, NSW
A/Prof Chris Wratten
Radiation Oncologist
Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW
Dr James Wykes
Head & Neck Surgeon
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW
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