| | | | | | | |  | | | - March webinar is next week
- Move-A-Thon starts soon
- Register your screening/awareness event
- Meet our Ambassadors - this month, Laura Kadetsky
- H&N Connect - new caregiver education program
- Save the dates
- News & Shorts
| | | | | | | | FREE WEBINAR NEXT WEEK!
MARCH 25th Navigating the challenges of a head and neck cancer diagnosis can be physically and emotionally overwhelming. However, integrating exercise and movement into your care plan can play a crucial role in improving both your physical recovery and emotional well-being. In this informative webinar, we will explore the transformative benefits of exercise during and after head and neck cancer treatment.
Whether you are currently undergoing treatment or are a cancer survivor, this webinar will provide you with the knowledge and tools to incorporate beneficial movement into your daily life, helping you feel more empowered and resilient as you continue your recovery. | | | | | | Our next webinar will be held on May 5th from 7-8pm ET
Hope & Healing: Addressing Emotional Needs During The Head and Neck Cancer Journey.
Details and registration will be available in April | | | | | | | | Top things to know about the
Move-A-Thon - There's still time to sign up! Join us in April and move for better health and help us raise awareness and funds for head and neck cancer
- We have shirts for sale (and sweatshirts) - there's a variety of sizes and colors available
- We would love for you to share your "moving" photos with us on our FB events page or our Move-A-Thon PledgeIt site
- Don't forget to join us for our Kick-off Celebration Zoom call on March 27th at 6 pm ET
- Incentives are back this year! Raise money and you could get a free Head & Neck Cancer Alliance t-shirt, phone bank, and a backpack.
Details for all things Move-A-Thon related are on our website! | | | | | | | | SCREENING/AWARENESS PROGRAM | | | | HOST A SCREENING - TOP THINGS TO KNOW - April is Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month, and many of our partners choose to hold screening events at that time. However, you can host a screening at any time!
- It's easy to register, just fill out the form below. You organize the screening, and we'll provide educational materials, t-shirts for your workers, and posters to promote your event.
- We have all the information you need available on our website, including a guide on hosting a screening, a plan for publicity, photo release forms, downloadable promotional flyers, press release handout and more.
PS - the shirt is now available to purchase if you'd like one for yourself or extra shirts for your event. | | | | | | | | LAURA KADETSKY Spouse & Mother; Nonprofit Executive & Attorney, currently Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, New Leaders Three-time Survivor of Oral Cancer | | Laura has survived tongue cancer three times over the last decade. The first cancer diagnosis came just after her 33rd birthday. A small spot on her tongue had been irritated for several months - she was shocked when the results came back positive for cancer. Four years later, another area of irritation in her mouth turned out to be severe dysplasia. Two years after that, yet another spot became cancerous. By this point, this surgery felt almost routine. No one knew why she got tongue cancer. Laura had never smoked a cigarette and wasn’t a heavy drinker. The tumor was not HPV-positive. She was young and female. It was the next time, during the COVID lockdowns, that another spot appeared on her tongue. Her surgery took place in an eerily empty hospital, as only the most serious cases were allowed to proceed. Over this past decade of ups and downs, Laura experienced the critical importance of patients and their caregivers advocating for their care. | | | | | | | | INTRODUCING H&N CONNECT We're excited to announce that our new caregiver education series launches in May. This new program will provide insight from leading medical experts on a variety of issues in a supportive community for caregivers of head and neck cancer patients and survivors.
Weekly meetings will be held over 12 weeks, which will explore a variety of caregiver-related topics. Our first class starts in May and will only be available to caregivers living in the Sacramento, CA, area. If you're a caregiver to a HNC patient and would like to participate in our inaugural class, please email us! | | | | | | | | | | | | SAVE THE DATE Make plans to join us for April's "Ask the Expert." The topic is Physical Therapy Before & After Head and Neck Cancer Treatment.
Our expert will be Jacklyn Berry, PT, DPT, WCS, CLT. She's a Senior Physical Therapist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist with UPMC Rehabilitation Institute - Moon University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
This event will be held April 21-25 on our Head & Neck Cancer online support community on Inspire. You must sign up for a free account if you're new to our Inspire forum. You can sign up anytime, but you won't be able to ask your questions until closer to the event. | | | | | | | | SAVE THE DATE - SYMPOSIUM We don't have many details we're able to share (yet), but mark your calendars for October 4, 2025 and make plans to join us in sunny (hopefully) Los Angeles for our annual Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.
As in previous years, you may choose to attend virtually or in-person. The Symposium is free for head and neck cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and their loved ones.
We hope to see you there! | | | | | | If you're a frequent visitor to our website, you might have noticed that we've quietly launched a re-design of the site. It's brand new, and we still have work to do on it, but we wanted to ask for your patience and understanding if you come across broken links or pages that you might have bookmarked that don't exist anymore. We are aware of several bugs that we're working on fixing, but if you are experiencing a problem with our site, please email us and let us know.
We'll talk more about our new website next month! | | | | | | | | April 10th - Gulp Fiction: Busting Swallow Myths with Dr. Ianessa Humbert | | Join the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders for their free webinar, Gulp Fiction. This webinar takes on some of the most common myths and misconceptions about swallowing and swallowing disorders. Through evidence-based insights and real-world examples, Dr. Humbert will challenge outdated beliefs, clarify misunderstandings, and empower attendees with accurate knowledge in the field of deglutology. | | | | | | Congratulations to Alliance Ambassador Eva Grayzel.
Earlier this month she was presented with the Denobi Award for her patient education initiative. This award is given to unsung heroes in dentistry including non-dental professionals (like Eva). | | | | | | | | FEATURED POSTS FROM OUR SPONSORS & PARTNERS | | Our work would not be possible without our sponsors and partners. Please see below to learn more about our partners and the clinical trials that are underway to help head and neck cancer patients. For more information about clinical trials and where to find trials that might apply to you or a loved one, visit our Clinical Trial Finder or click on any of the trial opportunities below. Featured Clinical trials are meant to provide educational information about trials and not endorse any particular trial. | | | | | | | | | | REVIEW US ON GOOGLE!
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Your review will help make us more visible so other patients, survivors, and caregivers can easily find us while searching online!
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We're looking for pictures of real people to use on our new website (coming soon), brochures, and social media. We don't want to use boring stock photos! Your photos could provide hope and inspiration to others going through head and neck cancer!
If we use your photo, we'll send you some Alliance "swag" and provide photo credit on our website and social media. | | | | | | | | | | DO YOU FOLLOW? Are you following us on social media? It's just one more way to keep up to date with what is going on with us as well as other head and neck cancer related news and opportunities. So pick your favorite platform and give us a follow!
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