Photos:
Head & Neck Cancer Post-Radiotherapy
"After my radiotherapy finished
I spent about 7 weeks in bed. The fatigue
was overwhelming. Before you wince at
the photographs I should point out..." Pauline's diary
is a very detailed account of her experience
with radiotherapy.
Three
Days After Eight Hour Surgery Mike's surgery only shows on the
outside but extensive work was done
inside: palatectomy, partial pharyngectomy
and a comprehensive radical left neck
dissection.
The
Feeding Tube
He also had a temporary tracheotomy
and a feeding tube (PEG) put in place
as well.
Functional Neck Dissection
Functional neck dissection involves the removal of cancerous glands of the neck but keeping important structures of the neck. The reason for a functional neck dissection is to remove cancerous lymph glands in the neck.
Cancer
Profiler: Treatment Decision Tools
The Cancer Profiler is a free service.
These tools provide you with information
specific to your cancer diagnosis to
help you make more informed treatment
decisions along with your physician.
The information in the Cancer Profiler
is based on scientific medical journals
and is continuously updated by experts
in cancer research and treatment.
Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer
To help you and your family better understand how radiation therapy works and what to expect, the radiation oncology members of ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, created this site to explain how radiation therapy can be safely and effectively used to treat cancer.
Fighting Cancer with Varian Technology
Varian offers various forms of radiotherapy delivery techniques. They include intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), and the newest technique: Varian RapidArc™ radiotherapy technology. Varian RapidArc combines the use of both IMRT and IGRT to deliver a treatment in less than two minutes.
Freda Ewing is 51 years old. In early 2000, she was diagnosed with oral pharyngeal head and neck (throat cancer).
Lessons
to be Learned
Carcinoma of the tongue at a young age
is a very deadly disease. The lessons
learnt from unsuccesful treatments are
presented in an attempt to help others
be more aggressive from the start.
