Sydney Head & neck Cancer Institute
 
 
Professor Chris O'Brien

the Sydney head & neck cancer institute
 
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About Head and Neck Cancer
Cancer Council statistics indicate that there are about 1,000 new cases of head and neck cancers in NSW each year but this number does not include the many patients with previously treated head and neck cancers who develop recurrence of their disease. A further 2,000 patients develop benign (non-cancerous) lumps and conditions involving the head and neck region and many of these require complex surgical treatment, similar to patients with cancer. To learn more about head and neck cancer please click here.
Patient story

 

Click here to read about one of our patients,
Noelene Hunt, who was successfully treated for a rare
Nasopharyngeal cancer by the Head and Neck Clinic
at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you...

 

 

2009 News & Events
2009 Events

 

 

Professor O'Brien died at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on Thursday June 4 2009, losing his three-year battle with brain cancer.

To make a donation to the Chris O'Brien Capital Appeal or leave a condolence message please visit http://www.lifehouserpa.org.au.

 

 

 

 

 

7 November - SHNCI Charity Race Day
The 2009 Professor Chris O'Brien Charity Race Day Appeal will be held on Saturday 7 November 2009 at Royal Randwick. To register your interest please email nadia.rosin@email.cs.nsw.gov.au. Official invitations will be sent out in early September.

 

To C&M Antoniou for donating $10,000 in November to SHNCI on behalf of, and in lieu of Christmas presents, for their customers. We are also grateful for the continued support of the Springvale Charity Fund who donated $10,000 in November.

To Lillian Corban and the MacDessi Family for organising a morning tea in September 2008 in memory of their father Dr Buddy MacDessi. More than $20,000 was raised which will purchase two nasendoscopes for the Head and Neck Unit at RPAH.

To Canterbury BMW who generously donated $15,000 to the SHNCI in July from their annual golf day. Click here for more information.

For more information on how you can help visit our fundraising page or click here to donate online.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Site updated 23 June 2009

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