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Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

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Mandible Reconstruction with Fibula Free Flap. Is this an option?
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Oct 23, 2024
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Saliva and dry mouth: Head and neck cancer and treatments
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jan 23 8:34am
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Dentures plus implants after radiation
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 25 2:14pm
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Trismus (lock jaw) after Head & Neck cancer treatment: What helps?
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Mar 1, 2023
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Diagnosed /w Ameloblastoma. Young Adult
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: May 12 9:40pm
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Oncology Dentist: Is it recommended to see a specialist?
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Dec 6, 2023
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I am now post 8 months from my radiation treatment for throat cancer.
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jun 21 6:32pm
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15 years after parotid cancer
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: May 25 4:46pm
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What’s left after "cured" of nasopharyngeal cancer?
I was “cured” from my stage 4 non-small cell Nasopharyngeal carcinoma after 8 months of living hell treatments in 2012. After the forth dose of...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Dec 16, 2024
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Difficulty swallowing meds: Resorted to DIY pharmaceutical compounding
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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: May 2, 2024