Late Effects of Cancer Treatment - Head and Neck Cancer Focus with Emma Hallam

This is the second session of the 'Late Effects of Cancer Treatment' workshop series with Emma Hallam, Macmillan Consultant Radiographer in Post Treatment and Late Effects.
The focus of this workshop is Head and Neck Cancer.
The session covers:
- What a late effect is
- The late effects of head and neck cancer specifically
- Top tips on how to manage late effects
- Where patients can get help
Some of the organisations mentioned by Emma and the links:
Macmillan Cancer Support: www.macmillan.org.uk/
Cancer Research UK: www.cancerresearchuk.org/
Swallows Charity: theswallows.org.uk/
Mouth Care For Cancer Patients: www.mouthcareforcancerpatient...
Cancer Rehab PT: www.cancerrehabpt.com/
Lymphoedema Support Network: www.lymphoedema.org/
Trekstock: www.trekstock.com/
Move Against Cancer: movecharity.org/

[@papichoku2442]

I have swallowing and speech impairment 10 years after radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal cancer. The radiation does long term damage to the tongue and throat muscles. Have hearing loss and tinnitus, loss of taste and smell and dry mouth too. Doctors I saw never told me about these late side effects. Current treatment protocol has incorporated therapy right at the start of radiation therapy but not 10 years ago. Currently undergoing speech therapy. Praise God who gives me strength to deal with these issues.

[@karenpollicina8582]

My husband has had many late stages effects.I wish you all best.

[@moveagainstcancer]

Stay strong and all the best 💙

[@user-qk3qj6ls6b]

I'm so sorry you are have had such awful life altering effects from treatment, Doctors disclose the big picture, they know many wouldn't do it then. God Bless you, sending prayers for recovery with speech therapy 🙌 A friend of mine had the same cancer in 2020, she's a nurse. She had mets to neck lymph nodes one side, she did chemo and radiation no surgery. She's had hearing loss, her nose is constantly running and her throat is dry all day long. She had an awful time with chemo, needing a feeding tube. losing 30 lbs from all the treatment. She looks at me like I have 2 heads and debated with me when I said I'm not doing chemo or radiation for my tonsil cancer one side with mets to lymph nodes one side of neck, I am doing surgery instead, tonsillectomy and neck dissection which I'm not looking forward to at all but seems to be the lesser of the evils. My surgeon did say there can be short and long term side effects from radiation, he didn't get into all specifics. He said if I did decide to do radiation if needed after surgery, it would be a shorter time with lower dose to help potential side effects. I think there really are some doctors out there these days who are more aware of it now or at least he and his team are along with my oncologist. Thank God for that

[@mikelayzell2331]

Currently just completed week 3 of my 6 week program of Radio & Chemo treatment of Head and Neck... Never had any of these late effects mentioned to me...

[@donnakarenedwards2199]

I am going into 2nd week of radiation. Can you pin point your success with no late side effects

[@neadster469]

How did ya do week 4?

[@kevinleblanc47]

This is so so so valuable information, it explains so much of what I am going through. Thank you Thank you Thank you I am a 6 year survivor of tongue cancer.

[@moveagainstcancer]

Thank you so much! We're very glad you found it useful! 💙

[@patherbert6684]

After throat radiation, years later severe neck cramps and fried carotid artery which needed a stent, was never told to watch out for these!

[@MikenasFlohr]

Thank you for this very helpful video.

[@moveagainstcancer]

Hi James, we're glad you found it so useful :)

[@badtriad9684]

Excellent presentation - Thx!! One of MY lasting side effects (& don't know if result of cancer itself or harsh 3-pronged therapy) is hyper emotionality...

[@tims6865]

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