About This Educational Activity

Title: You and Head and Neck Cancer – An Animated Patient’s Guide to Head and Neck Cancer
Launch date: May 30, 2025

This educational activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of patients and caregivers affected by head and neck cancer.

This educational activity has been developed by Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer, Inc. (SPOHNC) in collaboration with Mechanisms in Medicine Inc.

Support: This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Merck.

This website is part of the Animated Patient^® series developed by Mechanisms in Medicine Inc., to provide highly visual formats of learning for patients to improve their understanding, make informed decisions, and partner with their healthcare professionals for optimal outcomes.

Faculty:

Dr. Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD
Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist
Executive Director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chief of Oncology Clinical Services
UNC Health System
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Dr. Jonathan C. Irish, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS
Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist
Vice President, Clinical, Cancer Programs, Ontario Health-Cancer Care Ontario
Professor and Head, Division of Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Toronto
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret/Ontario Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Biology and Imaging Program
Toronto, Canada

Conflict of Interest Disclosures:

Mechanisms in Medicine Inc. is committed to providing its learners with high quality educational activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity:

• Dr. Robert L. Ferris: Astra-Zeneca/MedImmune – Research funding; Bicara Therapeutics, Inc. – Consultant; Coherus BioSciences, Inc. – Advisory Board; CureVac – H&N Advisory Board; CytoAgents – Board; EMD Serono – Consultant; Everest Clinical Research Corporation – Consultant; Merck – Advisory Board, Clinical Trial; Merus N.V. – Advisory Board; Mirror Biologics Inc. – Data Safety Monitoring Board; Nanobiotix – Consultant; Novasenta – Consulting, Research Funding; Rakuten Medical, Inc. – Advisory Board; Regeneron – H&N Advisory Board; SIRPant Immunotherapeutics, Inc. – Advisory Board.
• Dr. Jonathan C. Irish: – TBD

Disclaimer:

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance their own personal development.

• The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.
• Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should be discussed with your physician.

Technical Requirements:

YouAndHeadAndNeckCancer.com is an internet-based educational program available on Mac and PC. Click here to view Technical Requirements