Kelly McSorley has been part of the UPMC Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship Program for three years since starting treatment. She truly believes that getting connected before radiation is key. […]
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Dedicated cancer epidemiologist Angela L. Mazul, PhD, MPH, who specializes in head and neck and HPV-associated cancers, explained that her job is studying risk factors and trends in the Eye […]
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How important is precision survivorship and why does it matter? These questions were posed by Marci Nilsen, PhD, RN, CHPN, FAAN, Co-Leader of the Cancer Risk, Outcomes and Preventions Program […]
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As part of the Head and Neck Division’s move to Shadyside, a single port (SP) robotic platform has been added to its surgical technology suite. While this is not novel, […]
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José P. Zevallos, MD, MPH, FACS, The Eugene N. Myers MD Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and Deputy Director […]
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The Voice, Airway & Swallow Center has novel technology for head and neck cancer patients and is working with the UPMC Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship Clinic and speech language […]
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At the start of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s August 22, 2025, webinar, “Translational Application of Artificial Intelligence in Head & Neck Cancer,” Steven B. Chinn, MD, MPH, FACS, thanked […]
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An article on behalf of the American Head & Neck Society has been published in JAMA, led by Dr. Kevin Contrera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck […]
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Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, opened the Eye & Ear Foundation’s May 6 webinar, “Personalizing the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer,” […]
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CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are immune cells that play a key role in the body’s response to cancer. As a result, they have been used across oncology to help assess […]
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There are two main parts to Matthew Spector’s research. The Division Chief of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology & Microvascular Reconstruction, who has a MD and FACS, said in the […]
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Jessica H. Maxwell, MD, MPH, FACS, received a $50,000 Telehealth Research and Innovation for Veterans with Cancer (THRIVE) grant from the Office of Rural Health to address barriers like distance […]
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The Survivorship Clinic hosted its sixth Survivorship After Cancer of the Head and Neck Multidisciplinary Symposium, with its best turnout yet. “What [was] outstanding was the multidisciplinary aspect of it […]
Angela L. Mazul, PhD, MPH, joined the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery a year and a half ago as a dedicated cancer epidemiologist specializing in head and neck and […]
In the Eye & Ear Foundation’s March 15th webinar, Dr. Christina Yver, MD, MBA, Director of the UPMC Facial Nerve Center, presented on a subject she called near and dear […]
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