Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

About to start radiation therapy for cancer on my cheek. Concerned my CPAP mask and strap will irritate the skin. Anyone experienced the same and...

Has anyone experienced diarrhea the last couple of weeks of radiation for throat cancer?

I’m an 87 year old who finished 35 rounds of radiation and 6 chemotherapy sessions to attack stage IV squamous cell cancer near my vocal...

My husband is having a lot of radiation redness (burns?) on his nose and cheeks from his radiation treatments for sinus cancer. I gave him...

I was diagnosed with HPV+ OSCC in November 2022. I had a level 2 lymph node removed by my ENT that tested positive with less...

I am a 13yr survivor of neck cancer with late complications from the radiation treatments that cured my cancer. I have developed a thickening of...

wondering if anyone has experience with nerve damage and pain post radiation and /or chemotherapy. 6 years post therapy for head and neck cancer when...

Looking for help with radiation fibrosis following radiation of head and neck and a modified neck dissection . I have had PT and do daily...

Anyone had only 30 gy radiation and cisplatin chemo? Please share what are the short and long term side effects?

I was diagnosed with nasal pharyngeal carcinoma when I was 16 years old (20 years ago!) was the first case in New Zealand and underwent...

we had a meeting with the radiation dept. they said it was best to do any dental work before radiation. so off to the dentist...

I am a year out from radiation and chemo for tonsil cancer. Treatments followed two surgeries, the first was biopsies and tonsillectomy. I was intubated...

How long has proton radiation for oral cancer been used? What is the difference between photon and proton radiation? Thank you

I am a 60 year old female I had my right tonsil removed in February 2024, CT scan prior to removal had shown no cancer...

My husband diagnosed with hypopharyngeal cancer in late June. He had a tonsillectomy and the right tonsil was removed. He will be ready for radiation...

Hello - my brother was just diagnosed with HPV cancer and had removal of lymphs nodes through right neck dissection and removal of right tonsil....

My 81 year-old husband will be starting radiation in a few weeks for left-side paranasal sinus cancer (carcinoma with basaloid features). What advice or guidance...

Now 5 months post radiation. 33 treatments of targeted radiation plus chemo therapy for my stage 3 Metastatic Squamish Cell Carcinoma back of tongue R/S....

My mother was diagnosed with stage 3 tongue cancer this past summer. She needed treatment right away, based off the surgeons and the biopsy.She had...

My husband had squamous cell cancer of the tonsils and had radiation and chemo. He is a year out from treatment it is now developing...