Dr Norman Swan, a multi-award-winning producer, broadcaster, and investigative journalist, spends an hour chatting with Ms Gretchen Fox, Ms Lora Winter and Mr Jimmy Halastanis about what it means to receive a tongue cancer diagnosis, the challenges they have faced, the effect the disease has had on their lives and families, and what they would urge clinicians to consider in their relationships with patients.
This session was part of a series of five interactive educational webinars, developed by Professor David Wiesenfeld, VCCC Alliance Research and Education Lead for Head and Neck Cancer, to address key questions in the management and treatment of tongue cancer under a multidisciplinary lens.
The series illustrated the multidisciplinary nature of disease management and the need for the incorporation of all treatment modalities to achieve optimal outcomes and highlighted cutting-edge science from across the VCCC Alliance that could improve outcomes for this patient group.
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Dr Swan's career has been highlighted by his desire to keep the Australian public informed of health developments as they happen. This allows him to combine medical expertise with investigative reporting, clear analysis and the knowledge to report the latest research in health and medicine.
