World Head and Neck Cancer Day

Today is World Head and Neck Cancer Day. RCSI is hosting a Head and Neck symposium on the day that aims to raise awareness of Head and Neck Cancer as well as highlighting its risks and promoting early detection and prevention of such cancers. The symposium, which is open to RCSI staff, will take place in the Albert Lecture Theatre of the College at 123 St. Stephen's Green at 6:30 pm.

A screening clinic will be held today at Beaumont Hospital, one of six hospitals in Ireland running similar events that aim to raise awareness of head and Neck Cancer. The screening clinic will be held at the Beaumont Hospital's ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) outpatients department between 12:30-1:30pm.

Both events are being organised by Professor James Paul O'Neil, Head of the Department of Otolaryngology, RCSI in conjunction with the International Federation of Head Neck Oncologic societies (IFHNOS) which will see a number of medical and surgical consultant oncologists contributing to the lecture.

The National Cancer Institute, at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, has produced a fact sheet about the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation for cancers of the head and neck - you can access this at http://www.cancer.gov/types/head-and-neck/head-neck-fact-sheet

The Irish Cancer Society has information and links to publications about head and neck cancer at http://www.cancer.ie/cancer-information/mouth-head-neck-cancer

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