Heads Up

 

The head and neck cancer research charity

Heads-Up  *  ENT Department  *  The West Wing LG1  *  The John Radcliffe Hospital  *  Headley Way  *  Headington  *  Oxford  *  OX3  9DU

© 2010 Heads Up

What is Heads-Up?

Heads Up is a Charity set up to fund research into the causes of head and neck cancers including those of the mouth, throat and voice box.  About 8,000 people a year are affected by this type of cancer.  

The aim of this Appeal is to fund scientists and research clinicians specifically to study head and neck cancer.  It is our aim that research carried out in Oxford, with support from professors and research staff at the University, will benefit and have a great impact on patients’ lives, both now and in the future.

  

How may research help?

We know many of the risk factors that can cause this disease, and we know many of the signs and symptoms.  Also we know some of the ways that cancer cells grow and spread to other areas of the body.  The ways we seek to prevent and treat this disease is based on this knowledge.  The University of Oxford has an international reputation for pioneering cancer research.  Through our connections with the medical scientific communities at the University we have established our team whose work is subject to rigorous annual appraisal by both the University and a clinical board.

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