We are working with a team based at the University College London who are developing a new technological device that aims to help people who have difficulty with eating and swallowing. The team are looking for volunteers to help with two different parts of this groundbreaking research. They need volunteers who currently have or has
The family of Alan Shepherd have kindly donated £344.20 from them and friends who attended his funeral, after he passed away on the 24th of August. He was a well loved and appreciated man. Alan was diagnosed with a throat cancer at 59, but because of the treatment and care he received he lived for
In 2011, Paul Barr from Coventry, started to get a sore throat, but despite taking over the counter throat lozenges from his local pharmacy, the pain was not receding. After six weeks of his sore throat not going away, he finally went to his doctor. The doctor diagnosed him as having ‘Laryngitis’, a general sore
A grandmother who is set to abseil down ‘Spinnaker Tower’ in Portsmouth in September in honour of fellow throat cancer survivors has opened up about the lack of awareness surrounding HPV-related throat cancers and also the impact both the disease and diagnosis had on her. Victoria Workman, 59, told how she was grilled with personal
This summer, Dr Elaine Emmerson of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine will be hosting and supervising two Nuffield Research Placement students. The S5 students are studying the perception of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine amongst young people aged 11-17. Part of that study is an appeal to that age group to participate in short survey.
The Throat Cancer Foundation would be very grateful for your help. We are updating a guide which, since it was first published in 2018, has proved very helpful to people affected by throat cancer caused by HPV. You can see the guide here: HPV and Throat Cancer: Information for patients, their families and loved ones.
The Throat Cancer Foundation is currently updating two guides which, since they were first published in 2018, have proved very helpful to many clinicians and other professionals working in the head and neck cancer field. Both are on HPV and throat cancer: HPV and Throat Cancer: Information for patients, their families and loved ones HPV
