Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute of Australia (SHNCI)

The Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute was founded in 2002 by the late Professor Chris O’Brien AO. It was established to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art treatment to patients with cancers and diseases of the head and neck.

The Institute also has very significant research and educational programs and is recognised as the leading head and neck oncology unit in Australia. 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.

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.