Faculty and trainees from WashU Medicine Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery recently attended the 12th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, held in Boston, July 18-22. The event – sponsored by the American Head and Neck Society – brought together global experts, researchers, surgeons and oncologists for four days of cutting-edge science, groundbreaking […]
A symposium for head and neck cancer survivors marked the final affair of the Spector Lectureship – a day-long series of events highlighting advances in patient care and research in head and neck cancer. The event was hosted on the medical school campus by Siteman Cancer Center and WashU Medicine Otolaryngology and moderated by head […]
The Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center was officially dedicated at a ceremony April 22. The event was held at the Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center and organized by The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Family and friends of the two courageous cancer patients, as […]
It has long been said that when it comes to cancer, “the treatment is worse than the disease.” At WashU Medicine, a multidisciplinary team of head and neck surgeons, radiation oncologists and medical oncologists is trying to change that. Treatment of head and neck cancers like squamous cell carcinomas, typically utilizes a multidisciplinary approach that […]
Washington University head and neck surgeon Ryan Jackson, MD, recently spent time in Germany and Sweden, promoting the implementation of recent advances in transoral robotic surgery. Transoral robotic surgery or TORS is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a robot to provide greater precision in the surgical treatment of tumors in the mouth and throat. […]
A thyroid nodule is a small firm lump or growth of abnormal tissue in the thyroid gland. The condition likely affects between 50 and 65% of the population, but most are benign and go undetected because they don’t cause symptoms. For those that do, a new nonsurgical procedure – called radiofrequency ablation or RFA – […]
The Division of Head and Neck Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University has moved their clinic into the new Siteman Cancer Center at 4500 Forest Park Ave. Formerly housed on the 11th floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine, the division now occupies one full hallway on the 5th floor of Siteman’s new […]