Our program offers patients expertise in treatment for tumors of the head and neck. Our multidisciplinary approach brings experts from many fields to work alongside our oncology experts. Because of the program’s depth of experience, we offer minimally invasive surgeries and innovative treatments not available elsewhere in the region.
Siteman Cancer Center is a national leader in research and clinical trials for head and neck tumors — bringing novel treatments to patients that are not available elsewhere. Siteman offers truly personalized medicine for you. Our WashU Medicine physicians discuss specific cases to a group called a “tumor board.” These meetings are spaces where Siteman experts collaborate to decide the best treatment for a specific patient’s circumstance.
The patient experience is personalized for you, too. Dedicated patient navigators guide you throughout the entire time you are seen at the Head and Neck Tumor Center. Support starts at the first appointment and continues until to six months after treatment has ended.
WashU Medicine surgeons approach surgeries with two priorities: removing cancerous tumors while maintaining patients’ abilities to swallow, speak and interact with the world like they did before treatment. We do these through innovative surgical approaches.
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Our WashU Medicine physicians are head and neck tumor specialists and are national leaders in their treatment. Each of our patients is presented at a multidisciplinary conference to personalize their management. Specialists from otolaryngology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, radiology, pathology, prosthodontics, oral surgery, speech therapy, audiology, psychology and dietetics collaborate on treatment plans.
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WashU Medicine head and neck cancer physicians are national and international leaders in their field. Our surgeons are early adopters of minimally invasive approaches like transoral laser and transoral robotic surgical procedures. The team also offers state of the art reconstruction. We also are one if the few cancer centers in the U.S. to offer eligible patients scarless thyroid and parathyroid surgeries. Our surgical techniques are coupled with cutting edge radiation therapy such as proton beam and the most advanced forms of systemic therapy. Together, these leading-edge approaches promote better outcomes while maintaining patients’ appearance and abilities to communicate, eat and drink.
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Our WashU Medicine research-physicians are at the top of their fields. Their research has unlocked new understanding for head and neck cancers, and they have developed new treatments and approaches that are now available worldwide.
The clinical trials they lead are essential to our ongoing discovery of cures. Research studies we lead enroll Siteman patients, giving them access to promising, innovative treatments that are not available anywhere else.
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