FEATURED IN DECEMBER 2023

Highlights from 2023
Educational opportunities and updates
Meet our Ambassadors
End of year giving

HOLIDAY WISHES AND A LOOK BACK AT 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, we wanted to highlight what Head & Neck Cancer Alliance has accomplished this year!

Move-A-Thon - We held our first national fundraiser in April and raised more than $130,000. Rob Paulson, voice actor and head and neck cancer survivor, was our spokesperson, and we had 453 participants and 57 teams helping to raise funds and awareness! We look forward to having you join us for the 2024 Move-A-Thon (details coming soon)!
We celebrated the 25th anniversary of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (in April) and partnered with hundreds of healthcare workers to provide free head and neck cancer screenings across the world.
We held our first in-person Head & Neck Cancer Symposium in Indianapolis. We had over 100 people attend in person and more than 500 attend virtually.
We welcomed nine new Ambassadors and three new board members to the Head & Neck Cancer Alliance family.
We issued nearly 700 gas cards to assist diagnosed head and neck cancer patients with travel costs. Please note, this program is currently closed and will reopen next year.
Our Peer-to-Peer mentoring program matched 94 people to mentors, and we added 29 new survivors and caregivers to the program to act as mentors.
Our educational webinars had nearly 600 attendees over the year with more than 3,000 video views (these numbers do not include Symposium).
Our online Head & Neck Cancer Inspire forum averaged 84 new members each month.

We look forward to continued growth in 2024 and encourage you to keep an eye out for our January newsletter, which will outline some of our plans for the new year (we have some big, exciting plans for the year)!

Parenting through a cancer journey impacts the whole family and can profoundly affect children. This webinar will guide parents on how to have simple and open communication with children.

You will learn from a Child Life Specialist and three parents on how to maintain a sense of connection and provide opportunities for sharing and self-expression to help your child throughout this experience. Children are resilient and can learn to cope with challenging situations when provided with individualized support.

More information and a registration link will be available in early January 2024

Our December "Ask the Expert" is now over, but if you missed it earlier this month, don't worry!

All of the laryngectomy related discussion is still available to read over on the Head & Neck Cancer Inspire forum.

You can catch up on any discussion you missed by clicking here.

MEET OUR AMBASSADORS:
BILL CASON
Husband, Proud Father of Three, Commercial Airline Pilot, and Survivor of HPV-Attributed Tongue Cancer;
Flower Mound, TX

Bill’s cancer journey started as a seemingly very healthy 50-year-old male, happily married and with three wonderful children. One night while in his kitchen enjoying some family time, he felt a solid lump on the right side of his neck.

Since Bill’s father died of pancreatic cancer, he immediately went to see his family physician the next day. His physician felt it was probably nothing, maybe just an infection.

One area that Bill regrets is that from that initial response, he was slower than he should have been in getting further testing.

Between appointment availability of the specialists and Bill’s busy work schedule, by the time he made it to an ENT it was around six weeks after his initial doctor’s visit. The ENT performed a scope of his throat and informed Bill that he suspected cancer on the right base of his tongue, and the cancer had probably spread to his lymph nodes.

“This was an incredible shock, having no symptoms and being very active,” explained Bill. “With the help of my family doctor, I immediately scheduled an appointment at an excellent teaching hospital in our area, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.”

Thank You to our Corporate Partners

*Statement on Sponsor Content and Corporate Support: The information published on this website and in our materials is intended to educate you about Oral, Head and Neck Cancer. The content is not intended to take the place of a discussion with a qualified physician who is familiar with your medical situation. It is important to remember that each individual is different, and the reasons for—and outcomes of—any treatment plan depends on the patient's individual condition. If you have questions or concerns after reading any information on this website or in our materials, you should discuss them openly and honestly with your physician. Any products and manufacturers included on this site are presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by HNCA. The content provided by HNCA is in no way intended to be a substitute for medical consultation with a qualified professional. HNCA encourages those using its resources to be careful when evaluating medical information or products. If you are unsure about your medical condition, consult a physician. Funding from our corporate partners supports HNCA’s programs and educational initiatives, and HNCA maintains independence in its design of programs, content, and initiatives.

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