Head and Neck Diseases Treated
We treat the following diseases and tumors of the following sites:
- Alveolus (Gum)
- Ameloblastoma
- Anterior Skull Base
- Base of Tongue
- Buccal Mucosa (inside cheek)
- Cervical esophagus
- Ear canal
- Ear/Mastoid bone
- Epiglottis
- Esthesioneuroblastoma
- Eustachian Tube
- External Ear
- Eyelid/Orbit
- Facial paralysis (related to cancer)
- Glottis (voice box)
- Hard Palate (mouth)
- Human Papillomavirus related cancers in the head and neck
- Jaw (upper or lower)
- Larynx (voice box)
- Laryngeal/throat cancer
- Lip (external or internal)
- Lymph nodes (neck)
- Mucosal melanoma
- Nasal passages or nasal septum
- Nasopharynx (nose)
- Olfactory Neuroblastoma
- Oral cavity (Mouth)
- Oropharynx (throat)
- Pancreatic islet cell tumors
- Paranasal sinuses
- Parotid glands
- Pharynx (throat)
- Pyriform sinus (throat)
- Retromolar Trigone
- Sarcomas of the head and neck
- Skin cancer of the head or face
- Squamous cell carcinomas in the head and neck
- Soft palate
- Subglottic tumors
- Submandibular gland
- Salivary gland
- Thyroid/parathyroid
- Tongue
- Tonsil
- Trachea
- Congenital/vascular tumors
- Orbital tumors +/- skull base involvement
- Benign skull base tumors
- Malignant skull base tumors
- Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ)
- Osteoradionecrosis (ORN)
- Vocal cord paralysis (related to cancer)
The following conditions are not generally seen at Moffitt and should be referred to the USF Department of ENT:
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
- Bell's Palsy
- Deviated septum
- Sinus congestion
- Rhinitis
- Sinusitis
- Nasal or sinus allergies
- Nasal polyps (unless cancerous)
- Sinus polyps (unless cancerous)
- Tonsillitis (acute or chronic)
- Sore throats
- Post-nasal drainage
- “Glue ear” / ear congestion
- Vertigo / labyrinthitis
- Meniere’s disease
- Tinnitus
- Deafness / hearing loss
- Subglottic stenosis
- Vocal cord paralysis (not related to cancer)
- Facial paralysis (not related to cancer)
Head and Neck Oncology Program