American Head & Neck Society
Advancing Education, Research, and Quality of Care for the Head and Neck oncology patient.
May is Skin Cancer and Melanoma Awareness Month! Members of the American Head and Neck Society are encouraged to reach out to the general public and providers in their community to spread the word on the risks of exposure to Ultraviolet light from the sun and tanning beds and the signs and symptoms of malignant …
AHNS/AAO-HNSF Translational Innovator Combined Award PI: Travis P. Schrank, MD, PhD Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Proposal: NRF2 Mediated Radiation Resistance in HNSCC AHNS Eddie Mendez Memorial Pilot Grant PI: Hannan A. Qureshi, MD Institution: University of Washington Proposal: Functional analysis of the immune microenvironment in head and neck cancer AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident …
Best Prevention Early Detection Paper Winner: Heidi Kletzien, MD Institution: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Manuscript Title: “The Post-Thyroidectomy Voice: The Disconnect Between Patient-Perceived Voice Changes and Quantitative Voice Measures in the First Postoperative Year” Best Resident Basic Science Paper Winner: Farshad Chowdury, MD Institution: University of Colorado, Denver Manuscript Title: “Invasive Front Or Tumor …
Best Prevention Early Detection Paper Award Winner: Chwee Ming Lim, MD Institution: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National University Health System Singapore Manuscript Title: Real time near-infrared auto-fluorescence Raman spectroscopy system in the surveillance of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer Robert Maxwell Byer Award Winner: Chang-Han Chen, PhD Institution: Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, …
The American Head and Neck Society’s Prevention and Early Detection Committee is pleased to open the application process for its 2016 Community Service grants. These grants are awarded in support of a project or community activities related to Oral Head and Neck Cancer Awareness (OHANCA) Program. Each grant, in the amount of $1,000.00, will be …
