What is head and neck cancer and tumor surgery?

Also known as: surgery for head and neck cancer.

In the pediatric population there are variety of tumors that can originate in the head and neck.

Common tumors are:

• lymphoma
• salivary tumors
• thyroid cancer

At Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, the care for those tumors is approached in multidisciplinary fashion, with expert input from all the needed specialists, including radiologists, surgeons, endocrinologists and oncologists. Multiple treatment modalities may be needed including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, depending upon the organ affected.

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Reviewed by: Fuad Alkhoury, MD

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM