Cancers of the head and neck information centre

General

• Cancers of the head & neck
• Types of head & neck cancer
• What is cancer?
• References

Causes & diagnosis

• Causes
• Symptoms
• Diagnosis
• Further tests
• Staging

Treatment

• Types of treatment
• Planning
• Consent
• Benefits & disadvantages
• Before it starts
• Surgery
• Radiotherapy
• External radiotherapy
• Internal radiotherapy
• Chemotherapy
• PDT
• Biological therapies

Effects of treatment

• Quality of life
• How you will look
• Changes to eating
• Changes to speech
• Changes to hearing

After treatment

• Follow-up
• If your cancer comes back

Clinical trials

• Research - clinical trials

Types of head & neck cancers

• Cancer of the nasopharynx
• Paranasal sinus cancer
• Salivary gland cancer