• Providers and Locations
• Audiology
• Cranial Base Surgery
• Ear and Balance Disorders
• Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• General Otolaryngology
• Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
  • Cancer Resources
• Hearing and Hearing Aid Services
• Implantable Hearing Devices
• Microsurgery of the Ear
• Nasal/Sinus Conditions, Surgery and Rhinology
• Otology/Neurotology
• Smell and Taste Disorders
• Speech-Language Pathology
• Thyroid Surgery and Nodules
• Transoral Robotic Surgery
• Voice, Speech and Swallowing Disorders

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Head and neck cancer includes a wide range of cancers that appear in the head and neck. Symptoms may include finding a lump in the face or neck area. Other common symptoms may include difficulty in swallowing, speaking or breathing.

Our team treats a wide range of problems including:

• sinus cancer
• throat cancer
• thyroid cancer
• tongue cancer
• voicebox or larynx cancer

Our ENT surgeons are recognized for their expertise and experience in the removal of cancers in the head and neck. These cancers range from congenital cysts and benign fatty tumors in the neck to complex malignancies in the head and neck.

At Penn, we have a multidisciplinary referral center for patients with cancer of the head and neck, particularly carcinoma of the upper respiratory and alimentary tracts, salivary glands and thyroid glands. Our service provides a full range of diagnostic testing to pinpoint disorders using state-of-the-art MRI, CT scans and PET/CT imaging.

Our ENT surgeons are members of a multidisciplinary team of specialists at the Joan Karnell Cancer Center dedicated to the most aggressive treatment of cancer. The team, which includes radiologists, pathologists, radiation oncologists and medical onoclogists, meets weekly to discuss each patient's medical situation and determine the best treatment or surgical approach. Rehabilitation through surgical reconstruction and speech and voice therapy is also provided.

 

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