American Head & Neck Society
Advancing Education, Research, and Quality of Care for the Head and Neck oncology patient.
Head and neck cancer is a blanket term used to describe several different types of cancers. About 65,000 new cases, not counting thyroid cancer, are diagnosed in the U.S. every year. A number of causes of these cancers have been identified, potentially offering new opportunities to screen for the cancers and create new treatments for …
Problem: Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is a common malignancy, accounting for 20% of all skin malignancies1; furthermore, 80-90% of cSCC are located on thehead or neck2. With surgical excision most localized cSCC has an excellent prognosis, with 5 year cure rates >90%3. However, cSCC does have metastatic potential; in the 4% of cases that …
To Reconstruct or Not: Early Stage Oral Cavity Cancers AHNS Virtual Education Series: To Reconstruct or Not: Early Stage Oral Cavity Cancers The AHNS gratefully acknowledges support of this webinar from KLS Martin. Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Time: 4:00 PM Pacific /6:00 PM Central / 7:00 PM Eastern This session is an hour long …
Case A 68 y/o man with a history of kidney transplantation on Tacrolimus and prednisone treatment. Several months prior to his presentation he underwent excision of a Rt temple skin lesion by a plastic surgeon. Pathology revealed a 4 mm SCC with evidence of PNI and free surgical margins. No further treatment or follow-up was …
Myers’ Family Diversity Summer Travel Fellowship in Otolaryngology for under-represented minority medical students This program is sponsored by the American Head and Neck Society Research and Education Foundation, thanks to the very generous contributions of Dr. Eugene Myers and Dr. Jeffrey Myers, as well as other AHNS donors. It is intended to expose an …
