News & articles from the surgery
With the Cromwell Hospital’s recognition of the need to expedite Head and Neck Cancer cases and the dedication of the fantastic radiology and theatre teams, in the last 6 months we have managed to cut the average time from cancer diagnosis to definitive surgery and free flap reconstruction to under 7 days!
Continue reading “Less than 7 days from your cancer diagnosis to definitive surgery.”
We recently presented our private practice data at the British Association of Head and Neck Oncology annual meeting. In the last year we have performed 42 major head and neck cases with free flap reconstructions at The Cromwell Hospital and we achieved a 98% flap success rate.
Diana is the Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Cromwell Hospital.
Her job is to look after our complex Head and Neck reconstructive patients, and use her expertise to optimise outcomes and provide high quality specialised preoperative care for our patients.
Continue reading “Our Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist Diana is now multi-award winning!”
We are proud to announce that we have set up a one-stop diagnosis clinic at the Cromwell Hospital’s Bassinghall Clinic in the heart of the City of London.
We aim to provide same day MRI, Ultrasound scanning and biopsies for patients that are suspected of having Head and Neck Cancer.
If you are worried about Head and Neck Cancer or would like a second opinion, click here to book an appointment with one of our leading experts.
If you wish to be seen on the one-stop clinic please specify this in your referral.
Dear Patients,
We are continuing to offer gold standard curative treatments for patients suffering from oral / mouth, head and neck cancers, including with reconstruction, despite the current coronavirus pandemic.
Covid-19 coronavirus has undoubtedly caused unprecedented and significant challenges in healthcare provision. We have been saddened to see first hand that due to the impact this has had on the capacity within the NHS, many patients are having their urgent cancer treatments delayed or cancelled altogether.
Continue reading “Curative cancer care during the Coronavirus / Covid-19 pandemic”
The Express and Men’s Health magazine have recently published articles about mouth cancer… and both publications sought advice from our specialist surgeons Alastair Fry and Luke Cascarini.
In The Express article “Mouth cancer symptoms: Lumps in the mouth could be a warning sign“, Alastair highlights two of the common symptoms: lumps in the mouth and neck.
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At the biggest World Head and Neck Cancer meeting in history in New York in July 2014, the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncological Societies established the World Head and Neck Cancer Day.
The team from Head And Neck Surgery London were at the meeting, and Alastair presented his research into the mechanisms of invasion of mouth cancers.
Michael Douglas gave a keynote lecture describing his personal experiences of mouth cancer.
Continue reading “World Head And Neck Cancer Day, July 27th”
