The case of our Australian patient from Vietnam underlines the importance of identifying the primary tumour after metastases have been detected.
Updating Cancer Council Resources
Cancer Council Acknowledgements
Understanding Head and Neck Cancers
A guide for people with cancer, their families, and friends
First published July 2008. This edition September 2021.
This edition has been developed by Cancer Council NSW on behalf of all other state and territory Cancer Councils as part of a National Cancer Information Subcommittee initiative. We thank the reviewers of this booklet: A/Prof Richard Gallagher, Head and Neck Surgeon, Director of Cancer Services and Head and Neck Cancer Services, St Vincent’s Health Network, NSW; Dr Sophie Beaumont, Head of Dental Oncology, Dental Practitioner, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC; Dr Bena Brown, Speech Pathologist, Princess Alexandra Hospital, and Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research, QLD; Dr Teresa Brown, Assistant Director, Nutrition and Dietetics, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, QLD; Lisa Castle-Burns, Head and Neck Cancer Specialist Nurse, Canberra Region Cancer Centre, The Canberra Hospital, ACT; A/Prof Ben Chua, Radiation Oncologist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, GenesisCare Rockhampton and Brisbane, QLD; Elaine Cook, 13 11 20 Consultant, Cancer Council Victoria; Dr Andrew Foreman, Specialist Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA; Tony Houey, Consumer; Dr Annette Lim, Medical Oncologist and Clinician Researcher – Head and Neck and Non-melanoma Skin Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The University of Melbourne, VIC; Paula Macleod, Head, Neck and Thyroid Cancer Nurse Coordinator, Northern Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW; Dr Aoife McGarvey, Physiotherapist and Accredited Lymphoedema Practitioner, Physio Living, Newcastle, NSW; Rick Pointon, Consumer; Teresa Simpson, Senior Clinician, Psycho-Oncology Social Work Service, Cancer Therapy Centre, Liverpool Hospital, NSW. We also thank the health professionals, consumers and editorial teams who worked on previous editions of this title.
Improving Access to Dental and Mental Health Services
Currently, specialists treating head and neck cancer cannot authorise chronic disease management plans. If I could change one thing about healthcare for head and neck
Raising GP Awareness of HPV+ Throat Cancer
I recently launched two education programs designed to raise awareness of human papillomavirus related oropharyngeal cancer (HPV+ OPSCC) among GPs. Online Training - Think GP
Regional Head and Neck Clinics
Last month, I travelled 460 kilometres (285 miles) to the Riverina region of New South Wales to review patients who had their surgery, or at
Waiting 40 weeks for a cancer diagnosis
I hope my most recent publication, Altered presentation of oropharyngeal cancer, a 6-year review, (Floros et al., 2021) helps reduce the average diagnosis delay of
New Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trial
In July I successfully dosed the first Australian patient with tigilanol tiglate at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney as part of QBiotics’ multi-centre Phase I/II
The Head and Neck Cancer Patient Forum
The inaugural Head and Neck Cancer Patient, Carer and Team Forum will take place in Sydney at St Vincent’s Hospital on Friday June 12, 2020.
The beautiful view from the dissection laboratory at Sydney Hospital.
Soaking up the sun and history at Sydney Hospital
In a setting such as Sydney Hospital it is impossible not to reflect on the history of hospitals and surgery in Australia from the commencement
Physiotherapist Orsi Kokai applying manual techniques to reduce neck tightness in a patient recovering from treatment for head and neck cancer
Physiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients
Introducing Orsi Kokai I invited physiotherapist Orsi Kokai to explain the multiple ways in which specialist physiotherapists can help reduce and manage long term side