Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

I’m 8 1/2 years out from stage IV treatments and recently have 5 teeth that have chipped and one with a slight crack. I got...

My husband had surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy for stage four oral cancer in 2021. Now he needs all of his teeth removed in a...

In February of 2024 I had my right tonsil, that was enlarged, removed, biopsy came back as HPV16, I underwent 33 rounds of radiation at...

I was told to have 6 compromised teeth removed for treatment of Head and Neck cancer. I was told it was to help accommodate robotic...

Hi, my husband completed the usual 35 rounds radiation & 7 round chemo a year & half ago. How long will it take to see...

My entire lower right jaw was taken out in August to remove a cancerous tumor adhered to jaw bone. Jaw was replaced with my fibula...

My mom had oral cancer and follow up radiation 6 years ago. She has dementia and it has been hard to make sure she looks...

Hi there. I am ten years out from base of the tongue and throat cancer. I have been filling my teeth for all these years...

I have stage 2 HPV related cancer in my left tonsil that has spread to the lymph node. PET scan shows no other cancer. I'm...

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...

In cases of radiation to the jaw resulting in Osteoradionecrosis (radiation bone death) or Ameloblastoma or similar growths on the mandible, reconstruction surgery is sometimes...

Many of us have this problem. Three years after RT and lots of talks by oncologists at our meetings and I'm still learning new details...

He had all of his teeth removed in December due to infection and severe deterioration . Now his left side of his jaw (he received...

Hi everyone, I’m so grateful to have this forum! I’m a 43 year old female who received 35 rounds of radiation with chemo for metastatic...

Hi everyone. I’m new and here on behalf of my mother who was diagnosed with sinus cancer last year. She had surgery in November 2020...

It originally started as a benign tumor located near my impacted Wisdom teeth, which were promptly worked upon and 'taken care of'. Afterward, they looked...

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...

Hi, my husband is 2 weeks in his radiation and chemo for tonsil cancer. He has seen our family dentist and he is not given...

Mom has completed 6 weeks of radiation and chemotherapy and we go for her follow up PET scan results tomorrow. She is on a feeding...