Head and neck cancer treatment is intensive. This care often involves a difficult balance between maintaining treatment intensity to fully treat curable cancers, whilst safely managing the complex and severe side effects that can occur. These side effects are known as toxicities.

It’s important to manage toxicities carefully because it can cause damage to the airway, swallowing and speech areas. Our PSU provides timely interventions that help prevent patients from experiencing severe toxicities and needing to be admitted to hospital as inpatients.