Head and Neck Cancer Coalition

18/11/2023

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18/11/2023

Did you know that YoungTongues have a podcast? Well they do! Launched earlier this year the podcast is all about our marvellous and magnificent tongues! For a long time, they couldn't talk...but now, they have a lot to say! Available on all major platforms

17/11/2023

November is mouth cancer awareness month and many coalition members are trying to raise public awareness of this awful disease. There are two key issues: the annual number of cases is rising and many patients only present for diagnosis and treatment when the disease is advanced and difficult to cure.

17/11/2023

7 years later and Trev’s still here, “life is a bit different but it’s all manageable. I can honestly say that it does get better over time and thank goodness for my missus to make it just that little bit easier. There is lots of help and advice out there with NALC being top of my list.”

https://hncuk.org/peoples-stories/tale-of-a-survivor/

02/11/2023

2 Nov 2023 - The Oral Health Foundation and Portman-Dentex are urging parents to make sure their children receive a vaccination that could save their life by preventing a range of deadly cancers.

31/10/2023

27/10/2023

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Rydym yn falch iawn o allu cynnig is-deitlau Cymraeg ar ein fideo gwirio cartref canser y geg, diolch i wirfoddolwr caredig o Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru.
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We're really pleased to be able to offer Welsh subtitles on our mouth cancer home check video, thanks to a kind volunteer from Public Health Wales.

Use this link to see for yourself! https://youtu.be/_6csIJAWj_s?feature=shared

09/10/2023

Karen’s story - “I was diagnosed in February 2016, when I was 43, after being in a lot of pain from an ulcer that appeared on the side of my tongue in August 2015 which persisted and then became a hole in the tongue by the time I was seen by a nurse at my GP surgery in October 2015 and a referral was made to ENT department at my local hospital. I went to my dentist too during this time in case he could file my teeth down, in case that was why my tongue wouldn’t heal. He said I may have to chase my referral if I hadn’t heard anything by Christmas, which is what I had to do in the end. No appointment had been made for me; finally after sobbing down the phone to a lady who took pity on me, I was offered a cancellation for early February 2016. By this point I had been on a soft diet for months. A painful biopsy was taken and the following week a specialist saw me to give the news I never expected to receive.”

07/10/2023

Next on our Member Shoutout is the Mouth Cancer Foundation.

The Mouth Cancer Foundation exists to save and improve lives! It is a charity dedicated to raising awareness and support for those suffering from or at risk of mouth cancer, throat cancer and other head and neck cancers, as well as providing assistance and information on living with mouth cancer for families, friends and carers.

For the medical and dental professions, the Mouth Cancer Foundation educates and promotes the early detection of mouth cancer.

https://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org

06/10/2023

Numbers continue to increase, read more about how the Coalition are addressing this: https://hncuk.org/

04/10/2023

🚨New Article🚨

Read more about a new project that is designed to work with patients and other interested parties to create a new way to deal with suspected head and neck cancer cases, based around the patient and their symptoms.

https://hncuk.org/everest-hn/

02/10/2023

Seven years ago, Trevor thought he was a goner, diagnosed with a large tumour in his throat-finding it difficult to swallow, breath or even talk.

Here he shares his story: https://hncuk.org/peoples-stories/tale-of-a-survivor/