Treatment for head and neck cancers often involves numerous and very significant physical and emotional challenges. Life with Cancer can help you navigate this difficult path.

Find Support & Information

• Contact us for personalized help. Speak with a skilled and caring oncology nurse navigator or oncology therapist who has experience working with individuals living with a head and neck cancer.
• Attend our Head & Neck Cancers group. Connect, support, and learn valuable tips from others touched by this unique set of diagnoses. Discussion topics include the following:
  • Managing treatment side effects such as fatigue, pain, nausea, difficulty swallowing, weight loss, and skin changes.
  • Staging and procedures.
  • Methods of treatment: radiation, surgery, chemotherapy, and clinical trials.
  • Food choices and managing a feeding tube.
  • Managing stress, anxiety, depression, alterations in body image, and fear of recurrence.
  • Returning to a normal life.
• Register for programs that can help maintain physical and emotional health such as these:
  • Nutrition classes.
  • Yoga and other fitness programs.
  • Massage (there is a fee).
  • Meditation/guided imagery.
  • Look Good Feel Better.
  • Caregiver Connection group (for partners and caregivers).
  • Tools for Couples, a four-week series.
• Consult with one of our therapists or your physician about getting a referral to see our psychiatrist/psycho-oncologist to assess mood and medication (for a fee).

Resources

• National Cancer Institute: Discusses treatment, side effects, clinical trials, rehabilitation, and follow-up for a variety of head and neck cancers.