Why Choose the UCLA Head and Neck Cancer Program?

• Most-advanced treatments for head and neck cancer including personalized targeted therapies and instruments for true tumor margin detection
• Highly skilled head and neck surgeons
• Innovative minimally invasive techniques for head and neck cancer, including robotic, endoscopic and laser surgery
• Latest methods of speech, swallowing and hearing examination and rehabilitation, variety of options for voice restoration
• Nationally recognized research program offers clinical trials for head and neck cancer

Our Diagnostic Approach

Finding head and neck cancer in the early stages and diagnosing it accurately can help your treatment to be more successful. Our experts are highly specialized and accomplished in diagnosing and staging head and neck cancers, from the more common cancers to the extremely rare ones.

Our Clinical Trials

Our expert team is studying new ways to prevent and treat head and neck cancers to give patients futures filled with hope. Since UCLA is one of the nation’s leading research centers, we are able to offer clinical trials (research studies) for many types of head and cancer. For people with head and neck cancers, our Head and Neck Cancer Program offers a multidisciplinary approach to treatment, including:

1. The latest medical, radiation, and surgical options
2. Access to cancer clinical trials
3. Comprehensive supportive care
4. Extensive post-treatment follow-up and surveillance

Why our center is different: expedited Multi-Disciplinary treatment of head and neck cancers in one Visit

Developing an effective treatment plan for head and neck cancers involves input from a variety of specialists. For many people, the time from diagnosis to the start of treatment can lengthy. To expedite development and implementation of a treatment plan, the Head and Neck Cancer Program brings together a multidisciplinary team of leading experts in:

1. Surgical, medical, and radiation oncology
2. Radiology
3. Speech-language pathology
4. Dentistry and oral maxillofacial surgery
5. Rehabilitation and supportive care
6. Pain management
7. Nutrition
8. Palliative care

Our multidisciplinary head and neck cancer team:

1. Evaluates each patient
2. Reviews diagnostic testing
3. Meets to discuss each individual's case to determine the best course of action for treatment-considers the whole patient and blends the most up-to-date personalized cancer care with a nurturing supportive environment.