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Meet the Team: Videos from your cancer care team

“Hello and welcome” from the patient care committee at the Irish Head and Neck Society.

Below is a series of videos which we have created to help you understand the role of the many people that you will meet on your head and neck cancer journey.

We really hope these videos and the information are useful to you at this difficult time.

If you find a video helpful, please like using the heart icon – your feedback is invaluable and will help us do more in the future.

To see the questions within each video, click the on the  icon. 

Introduction

Understand the role of the Irish Head and Neck Society

An overview of the impact of head and neck cancer and the people involved in your care

Learn about who the ENT surgeon is and their role throughout your cancer journey

Surgery

Learn about who the ENT surgeon is and their role throughout your cancer journey

Learn about the role of the plastic surgeon in your cancer journey

Learn about the role of the oral and maxillofacial surgeon in your cancer journey

Learn about the role of the clinical nurse specalist and how they can help you throughout your cancer journey

Pathology

Learn about the role of the pathologist in your cancer diagnosis

Dentistry

Understand the role of the dentist and how treatment might affect your teeth and mouth

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Understand the role of the dentist in helping you manage dry mouth and oral care

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Prosthodontists are dentists who are focused on designing, making and fitting artificial replacements for teeth and other parts of the mouth. Learn about the role of the prosthodontist in your cancer journey.

Radiation

Learn who about how radiotherapy works and who is involved in the radiotherapy team

Meeting the radiation oncologist. Learn about benefits and side effects of treatment

What is a radiotherapy mask, why you need one and example of the mask making process

See the radiotherapy machine and learn how the radiotheapy treatment is delivered

Radiation

Meet your radiation oncology clinical nurse specalist and learn how they can help you

Dietetics

Meet the dietitian, understand how treatment might affect your eating and how the dietitian can help if you are struggling to eat or if you need a feeding tube

Speech and Language Therapy

Meet your speech and language therapist; when to see and swallow assessment

Meet your speech and language therapist; communication post laryngectomy

Meet your speech and language therapist; dry mouth, mouth and tracheostomy care

Medical Oncology

Psycho Oncology

Learn about the role of the medical oncologist and chemotherapy/immunotherapy treatments

Medical Oncology; will I meet an oncologist? What do they do ?

What is Psycho-Oncology? How does Psycho-Oncology work?

What issues can a psycho-oncologist help me with?

Physiotherapy

Understand how the physiotherapist can help you get back moving

Physiotherapy

Understand how your physiotherapist can help you after you treatment and with lymphodema

Medical Social Work

Meet your social worker and understand the issues that they can help you with

Clinical Trials

Understand the goal of head and neck cancer trials

Ask your doctor if you are interested in clinical trials

This project was brought to you through a collaboration between the IHNS and MSD.
With thanks to GPBuddy.ie for their collaboration on video recording and editing.