Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

Hi all. My 70 year young husband has been diagnosed with SCC HPV+ on right tonsil, only detected by lump on neck. RO says N1....

Hi everyone, I am Julie, 18 years out from Stage 4 tonsil and tongue “HPV” cancer. I can legitimately say I have experienced just about...

Hi- I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this. I'm a 53yoM with SCC of the tongue. I completed chemo/radiation at Mayo....

Hello, This is my first post. So let me introduce myself. I am the caregiver, and my husband is the patient. He was diagnosed with...

New member here -- hello friends! I've been reading the posts for a few weeks. My healthy 81 year-old husband has been diagnosed with a...

Hello! I was diagnosed with H&N SSC cancer last August and had 35 treatments of radiation and 7 rounds of Cisplatin. My last chemo was...

For those who cannot swalliw at all, like my husband, have you any advice on how to stop getting pneumonia? Does it improve after radiation...

Primary radiation Jan 2013 and re-radiation Oct 2016. CT Angio Apr 2017. to view deep ulcer in left tongue base which may be cancerous and...

is anyone else taking mekinist and dabrafenib for oral chemo. very nervous about the situation. onconologist agree on no target radiation. have no idea to...

The only treatment options i have been offered is chemo and radiation. Radiation 5 times a week for 7 weeks and chemo once a week...

I have a lot of scar tissue from radiation leaving me with a challenged airway - it has also ratcheted down on my vocal cords...

Hello, Back in 2015 /2016 I had tonsil cancer after going though chemo & radiation. (I'm cancer free :)) but I do have nerve damage...

Hi, I was recently diagnosed with extranodal marginal zone lymphoma to the base of tongue and palatine tonsils. I also have Sjogren's Syndrome and Lymphocytic...

My dad (now 83 years old) had tonsil cancer 10 years ago. 35 radiation treatments plus chemo killed the tumor. This past year, radiation fibrosis/necrosis...

I discovered I had a tumor on my right tonsil in April and it had moved to one lymph node - I had robotic surgery...

Hello, my wife discovered this site a little over a week ago after I was diagnosed with HPV+ tonsil cancer. I had a couple of...

Just diagnosed hpv viral back of tongue etc. I'm not sure how quality of life will be during and after. 76 male good shape. Would...

I just completed 35 radiation Treatments for thyroid & trachea cancer. This included 6 chemotherapy.I have been on oxycodone and tylenol for throat pain and...

As a female at the age of 60, in November of 2010 I was diagnosed with parotid (salivary gland) cancer. In December I underwent surgery...

I’m new here so still a little lost. After two chemo sessions and 33 radiation treatments to my throat I am finding every day more...