Head and Neck Cancer Health information topics about Head and Neck Cancer: Children 1. Cervical Teratoma Children's Hospital Boston http://www.childrenshospital.org/cfapps/A2ZtopicDisplay.cfm?Topic=Cervical%... Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Pharyngeal Neoplasms National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D010610&recruiting... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Laryngeal Neoplasms National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D007822&recruiting... 3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Head and Neck Neoplasms National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006258&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Can Nasopharyngeal Cancer Be Found Early? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_can_nasopharyngeal_can... 2. MR Imaging (MRI): Head American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/mr_of_the_head.htm 3. How Is Nasopharyngeal Cancer Staged? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_how_is_nasopharyngeal_... 4. How Is Nasopharyngeal Cancer Diagnosed? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_how_is_nasopharyngeal_... 5. Can Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer Be Found E American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_can_laryngeal_and_hypo... 6. How Are Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer Staged American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_how_is_laryngeal_and_h... 7. Computed Tomography (CT): Head American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ct_of_the_head.htm 8. How Are Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancers Diagn American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_how_is_laryngeal_and_h... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Cancer.gov Dictionary National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/ Directories 1. Find an Otolaryngologist American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/ent_otolaryngologist.cfm 2. National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_2.htm 3. Finding Your Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons http://www.aaoms.org/findsurgeon.cfm Disease Management 1. Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer: What Happens American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_5X_What_happens_after_tre... 2. Nasopharyngeal Cancer: What Happens After Treatmen American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_5X_What_happens_after_tre... 3. Tracheostomy Care American Head and Neck Society http://www.headandneckcancer.org/patienteducation/docs/tracheostomy.php National Institutes of Health 1. Head and Neck Cancer: Questions and Answers National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/6_37.htm Organizations 1. National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ 2. American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/ 3. American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck http://www.entnet.org/ Overviews 1. Head and Neck Cancer American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/tobacco/cancer.cfm Prevention/Screening 1. What Are the Risk Factors for Nasopharyngeal Cance American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_2x_what_are_the_risk_fact... 2. What Are the Risk Factors for Laryngeal and Hypoph American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_2x_what_are_the_risk_fact... Rehabilitation/Recovery 1. Laryngeal Cancer American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/laryngeal-cancer.htm Related Issues 1. Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answer National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/10_15.htm 2. What Should You Ask Your Doctor about Nasopharynge American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_should_you_ask_yo... 3. What Should You Ask Your Doctor about Laryngeal or American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_should_you_ask_yo... 4. Swallowing Problems After Head and Neck Cancer American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/swallowing_probs.htm 5. Questions and Answers about Cigar Smoking and Canc National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/10_16.htm 6. Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Head/Neck R National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/oralcomplications/Pat... 7. Head and Neck Radiation Treatment and Your Mouth National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/OralHealthInformationIndex/Cance... 8. Do We Know What Causes Nasopharyngeal Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2X_Do_we_know_what_causes... 9. Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answer National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/10_14.htm Research 1. Cetuximab (Erbitux®) Plus Radiation Boo National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/head-neck-cetuximab0604 2. What's New in Nasopharyngeal Cancer Research American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_6X_Whats_new_in_nasophary... 3. What's New in Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Ca American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_6X_Whats_new_in_Laryngeal... Specific Conditions 1. What You Need to Know about Cancer of the Larynx National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/larynx 2. Nasopharyngeal Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/nasopharyngeal/patient/ 3. Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primar National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/metastatic-squamous-neck/pat... 4. Laryngeal Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/laryngeal/patient/ 5. Oropharyngeal Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/oropharyngeal/patient/ 6. Hypopharyngeal Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/hypopharyngeal/patient/ 7. What Is Cancer of Unknown Primary? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_is_cancer_of_unkn... Statistics 1. What Are the Key Statistics about Laryngeal and Hy American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_are_the_key_stati... 2. What Are the Key Statistics about Nasopharyngeal C American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_are_the_key_stati... Treatment 1. Chemotherapy and Radiation Together May Help Save National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/voicebox0501 2. Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer: Surgery American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4X_Surgery_23.asp?rnav=cr... 3. Treatment Choices By Stage of Laryngeal and Hypoph American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4X_Treatment_Choices_by_S... 4. 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