Professionals who specialize in this area focus on treating cancers and other diseases affecting the nasopharynx, nasal cavity and sinuses, oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, and salivary gland.
Radiation therapy is a key treatment and is often used in conjunction with surgery and/or chemotherapy for these cancers:
- Lymphomas
- Melanoma
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Salivary gland cancer
- Sinonasal and skull base tumors
- Skull base chordomas and chondrosarcomas
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Thyroid cancer
