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Supercharge Your Kid’s Cancer Fighting Power

Are you the parent of an 11- or 12-year-old? It’s #Time2Vax! Make sure your child gets the three vaccines that protect against infections that cause whooping cough, HPV cancers, and.


Lakers Podcast: Michael Cooper On The 17-18 Season, Battling Cancer, & A Secret Workout With Kobe Bryant

LAKERS NATION PODCAST | LOS ANGELES LAKERS, NBA COVERAGEFormer NBA great and tongue cancer survivor, Michael Cooper, gets serious about screenings and his campaign with the Head and Neck Cancer.


Michael Cooper, NBA Champion and Tongue Cancer Survivor Urges Public to Attend Free Local Screenings During Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week® (OHANCAW)

Medical and dental centers throughout the U.S. will take part in 20th annual OHANCAW®, April 8-15CHARLESTON, SC, MARCH 23, 2018 – Michael Cooper, LA Lakers legend and an oral cancer.


The HPV Vaccine: Preventing Cancer Beats Curing It

By: Stewart Lyman, Ph.D., HPV-related Tonsil Cancer Survivor and HNCA ambassador You don’t have to be an oncologist to know that fighting cancer is tough. Nearly 1.7 million Americans will.


Let’s Talk About Support

By: Don Sublett, Stage VI Tongue Cancer Survivor What does a person need in order to make it through the difficult treatment for any head and neck cancer, or for.


Solving the Multimodal Puzzle of Head & Neck Cancer in the Immunotherapy Era

How Evidence is Driving Practice Changes The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa Trailblazer A/B 6902 E Greenway Parkway Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 Wednesday, February 14, 2018 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m..


Your Cancer Game Plan Challenge

  Are YOU Up for the Challenge? In February, we’re excited to partner with Merck on the Your Cancer Game Plan Challenge to provide new resources to the cancer community.


Why Clinical Trials are Important

Help HNCA & Others Find Ways to Help You Clinical trials are research studies that involve patients, caregivers and/or survivors. Through clinical trials, doctors, researchers and non-profits find new ways.


Protecting Tomorrow with a Screening Today

The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA) is hosting its 20th Annual Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week® (OHANCAW®) during April 8-15, 2018 and looks to another year of.


Having Perspective on Moments

A MOMENT DEFINED Picture of me and my mom in Hawaii celebrating her 80th birthday. (It was a very windy day). How do you capture your moments? Moments can be.