Cancer overview
What patients and families should understand
These cancers can arise in the mouth, tongue, tonsil, throat, voice box, salivary glands, nasal passages, or thyroid region. Treatment may include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, nutrition support, dental care, and swallowing rehabilitation.
Dr. Ankita Patel's approach
How Ankita Patel handles it
Dr. Ankita Patel builds treatment plans around both tumour control and organ preservation. She coordinates timing with surgery and chemotherapy, explains feeding and dental precautions, and uses modern planning to reduce dose to the spinal cord, salivary glands, oral cavity, swallowing muscles, and nearby critical structures.
Care priorities
What the consultation focuses on
Definitive chemoradiation or post-operative radiation planning where appropriate.
Dose shaping around salivary glands, spinal cord, mandible, oral cavity, and swallowing structures.
Early support for mouth soreness, swallowing difficulty, nutrition, and voice concerns.