Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

I was diagnosed with HPV tonsil cancer SCC. Did TORS surgery with neck dissection. All margins clear but tumor had PNI-peri neural involvement. They are...

I am 6 weeks post 35 sessions radiation for HPV + tonsil cancer T2N0. Have had all the usual after effects but fortunately not to...

I had cancer in soft palate of mouth and left tonsil and it went to lymph node on left side of neck received chemo and...

I am having difficulty getting enough protein in my diet. I can't 'break down' chicken, due to no saliva. I can tolerate beef if rare...

5 weeks tomorrow from last radiation (33 total) for HPV neck cancer.... What a trip. Some very dark days were had.... Feeling a little better...

I was irradiated for cancer of the nasopharynx in the mid-1970s. Over the years it has gotten increasingly difficult for me to swallow food and...

Hello, group. In 2015 I had 35 days of radiation and 3 rounds of cisplatin chemotherapy for stage IV oropharyngeal cancer. The tumor was at...

Good morning, I am recovering from oropharyngeal cancer radiation treatment which ended late last July. I have been working with a swallow therapist but am...

My husband is currently starting week 4 of his 7 week treatment with Cistplatin and radiation but is having the worst time with finding a...

I am wondering if some of these symptoms are just part of the healing process. I assume they are but I just want to know...