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7-8 NOVEMBER <strong>2017</strong><br />
THE VILLAGE HOTEL<br />
BLACKPOOL<br />
#HNCCONF<strong>2017</strong><br />
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Welcome<br />
After a very successful 2016<br />
conference in Liverpool, we hope the<br />
Head & Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> Conference <strong>2017</strong><br />
will be an inspiring and memorable<br />
experience for everyone who attends.<br />
The conference will pose questions about ‘Living with<br />
and beyond cancer’. Inspired by leading national<br />
and international thinkers, it will explore how, by<br />
introducing greater passion and understanding into<br />
the patient’s journey, carers and the people who work<br />
with them will make informed choices, continue<br />
learning and aspire to world-class performance.<br />
We invite<br />
delegates to<br />
‘think differently’<br />
At a time when health professionals are under ever<br />
more severe pressures, the conference will examine<br />
the opportunities for everyone to help improve the Quality of Life. We will explore potential ways<br />
of enabling all of us to think differently about how we learn and what we can achieve.<br />
The programme will deliver an exciting mix of keynote speakers, exhibitions and fringe activities<br />
themed around the strands of ‘Living with and beyond cancer’ and will invite delegates to ‘Think<br />
Differently’ as a result. Speakers will be invited either to build their presentation around this<br />
triple-pronged approach or to concentrate on one aspect. Anecdotal and personal experience<br />
will be encouraged. Wherever possible, speakers have been grouped to explore counter or<br />
complementary positions within a strand to further engage the audience. The participation of<br />
patients and carers in all aspects will form an integral part of the conference.<br />
I would like to thank a truly international line-up of speakers from the USA, Australia and the UK<br />
who are giving up their time to speak at the conference.<br />
We all hope you get involved and enjoy your day. Please use #HNCCONF<strong>2017</strong> when posting your<br />
thoughts on Twitter.<br />
Chris Curtis<br />
World Head & Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> Patient Ambassador<br />
@H_and_Ncancer<br />
Head and Neck <strong>Cancer</strong><br />
Conference <strong>2017</strong><br />
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Conference<br />
Presidents Address<br />
On behalf of myself and the team at<br />
Blackpool Victoria hospital I would<br />
like to welcome you to this year’s<br />
international head & neck cancer<br />
conference here in Blackpool.<br />
It is a privilege to serve as President of this inspirational conference. The incidence of head<br />
and neck cancer in England is the highest in the North west. Our patients tend to present<br />
quite late to us with advanced disease and this can be associated with poorer outcomes<br />
when compared to cancer results in other parts of the country. It is befitting then that this<br />
conference is being held at Blackpool.<br />
Patients support, and awareness is becoming an important part of the ‘Pathway/Journey’ and<br />
can help patients from diagnoses through to survivorship in understand and coming to terms<br />
with cancer. Here in Blackpool we are proud to have the Swallows Charity who support our<br />
patients and over the last six years this charity has grown to international status and supports<br />
patients as far as the USA. The charity not only provides patient support and information but<br />
also has been instrumental in donating equipment to our hospital. This was recognised in the<br />
recent MBE award presented to Swallows earlier this year.<br />
All health professionals and patients should understand the issues around living with<br />
and beyond cancer and the best people to educate us all is our patients/survivors, so the<br />
next two days will go a long way to educate us all. There have been recent advances in<br />
the management of head & neck cancer. I look forward to learning about new techniques<br />
in surgery and radiotherapy with reduced morbidity which can enhance the range of<br />
treatment options available to us. There will also be an opportunity to hear about aspects of<br />
management of cancer in Australia and the USA so that we can benefit from their experience.<br />
I am very grateful to all our speakers, some of whom have travelled a long distance to be with<br />
us, for their time and effort in sharing their experience of head & neck cancer with us over the<br />
next two days.<br />
This should be an exciting conference which I am sure we will all enjoy.<br />
r<br />
er<br />
Mr Ajay Nigam FRCSEd FRCSEng FRCSORL<br />
Consultant ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon<br />
& Conference President <strong>2017</strong><br />
#HNCCONF<strong>2017</strong><br />
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1<br />
DAY 1<br />
TUESDAY 7TH NOVEMBER<br />
TIME<br />
08.45<br />
-<br />
09.45<br />
Conference Room and Exhibition open<br />
Registration, Refreshments and Networking<br />
09.45<br />
-<br />
10.00<br />
Conference Welcome | Chris Curtis (Conference Organiser)<br />
Head & Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> Survivor & World H&N Ambassador<br />
Ajay Nigam (Conference President) | H&N Surgeon<br />
10.00<br />
-<br />
10:30<br />
Arthur Lauretano (USA)<br />
Medical Director at Lowell <strong>Cancer</strong> Centre, H&N Surgeon<br />
10.30<br />
-<br />
10.45<br />
Phil Parramore | Business Advisor and H&N <strong>Cancer</strong> Volunteer<br />
10.45<br />
-<br />
11.15<br />
Dr K Vasudev | Histopathologist Rtd<br />
11.15<br />
-<br />
11.30<br />
Break<br />
11.30<br />
-<br />
12.00<br />
Claire Burke (USA) | Oncology Nurse<br />
12.00<br />
-<br />
12.30<br />
Sajjad Iqbal (USA)<br />
Rare <strong>Cancer</strong> Patient Survivor<br />
12.30<br />
-<br />
13.15<br />
Lunch & Networking Opportunity | Exhibition Halls open<br />
13.15<br />
-<br />
14.00<br />
Julie McCrossin (Australia) H&N Survivor<br />
International patient speaker<br />
14.00<br />
-<br />
14:30<br />
Jo Patterson | Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer & Speech &<br />
Language Therapist in ENT<br />
14:30<br />
-<br />
15.00<br />
Dr Alex Mitchell (UK) | Honorary Senior Lecturer in psychooncology<br />
of liaison psychiatry<br />
15.00<br />
-<br />
15.30<br />
Networking and Exhibition (Refreshments)<br />
15.30<br />
-<br />
16.00<br />
Chris Lewis (UK) | Long term cancer survivor<br />
16.00<br />
-<br />
16.30<br />
Dr Gillian Knight and Students from Derby University<br />
HPV Education Film launch<br />
1630<br />
-<br />
17.00<br />
Naseem Ghazali (UK) | Robotic Surgeon<br />
17.00<br />
-<br />
17.30<br />
Dr Jiri Kubes, (Prague)<br />
PhD, Medical Director Pencil Beam Scanning (PBS)<br />
17.30<br />
-<br />
17.45<br />
Q&A Session | Hosted by Chris Curtis and Ajay Nigam<br />
Speakers will be invited to join<br />
17.45<br />
-<br />
18.00<br />
Networking and Exhibition Hall<br />
7.30pm for 8pm<br />
Speakers Dinner | The Village Hotel Inspirational Room<br />
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2<br />
DAY 2<br />
WEDNESDAY 8TH NOVEMBER<br />
TIME<br />
09.00<br />
-<br />
09.45<br />
Exhibition Open<br />
Registration, Networking and Refreshments<br />
09.45<br />
-<br />
10.00<br />
Conference Welcome | Chris Curtis (Conference Organiser)<br />
Head & Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> Survivor and World H&N Ambassador<br />
Ajay Nigam (Conference President) | H&N Surgeon<br />
10:00<br />
-<br />
10:30<br />
Arthur Lauretano (USA)<br />
Medical Director at Lowell <strong>Cancer</strong> Centre, H&N Surgeon<br />
10.30<br />
-<br />
10.45<br />
Phil Parramore | Business Advisor and H&N <strong>Cancer</strong> Volunteer<br />
10.45<br />
-<br />
11.15<br />
Dr K Vasudev | Histopathologist Rtd<br />
11.15<br />
-<br />
11.30<br />
Break<br />
11.30<br />
-<br />
11.50<br />
Dr Gillian Knight and Students from Derby University<br />
HPV Education Film launch<br />
11.50<br />
-<br />
12.20<br />
Claire Burke (USA) | Oncology Nurse<br />
12.20<br />
-<br />
12.50<br />
Sajjad Iqbal (USA) | Rare <strong>Cancer</strong> Patient Survivor<br />
12.50<br />
-<br />
13.45<br />
Lunch & Networking Opportunity<br />
Exhibition Halls open throughout lunch<br />
13.45<br />
-<br />
13.50<br />
Presentation of Donation to The Swallows Charity<br />
13.50<br />
-<br />
14.30<br />
Julie McCrossin (Australia) | H&N Survivor<br />
International patient speaker<br />
14:30<br />
or<br />
-<br />
15:00<br />
Jo Patterson | Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer & Speech &<br />
Language Therapist in ENT<br />
14.30<br />
-<br />
15.00<br />
Dr Rob Hicks (TV Doctor) & Dawn Maher (Blackpool Carers)<br />
The Role of Carers (breakout session)<br />
Sponsored by Beaverbrooks Jewellers<br />
15:00<br />
-<br />
15:30<br />
Networking and Exhibition (Refreshments)<br />
15.30<br />
-<br />
16.00<br />
Dr Alex Mitchell (UK) | Honorary Senior Lecturer in psychooncology<br />
of liaison psychiatry<br />
16.00<br />
-<br />
16.30<br />
Chris Lewis (UK) | Long term cancer survivor<br />
16:30<br />
-<br />
17.00<br />
Naseem Ghazali (UK) | Robotic Surgeon<br />
17.00<br />
-<br />
17.30<br />
Q&A Session | Hosted by Chris Curtis and Ajay Nigam<br />
Speakers will be invited to join<br />
17.30<br />
-<br />
18.00<br />
Networking and Exhibition Hall<br />
#HNCCONF<strong>2017</strong><br />
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Quality of Life Definition<br />
‘The general well-being of a person, defined in<br />
terms of health and happiness, rather than wealth.’<br />
Even when a condition can be totally cured, there is a period of reduced<br />
quality of life that most of us would just as soon avoid. It is our<br />
responsibility to improve the quality of life for ourselves and others. A<br />
healthy lifestyle leads to a better quality of life.’<br />
Source: Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers<br />
Why Quality of Life post- treatment can be hard to predict…<br />
The goal of treatment for head and neck cancers is to control the disease.<br />
However, doctors should also be concerned about preserving the function<br />
of the affected areas as much as they can, and helping the patient<br />
return to normal activities as soon as possible after treatment. Rehabilitation<br />
is a very important part of this process. The goals of rehabilitation<br />
depend on the extent of the disease and the treatment that a patient<br />
has received.<br />
Depending on the location of the cancer and the type of treatment,<br />
rehabilitation may include physical therapy, dietary counselling, speech<br />
therapy, and/or learning how to care for a stoma. A stoma is an opening<br />
into the windpipe through which a patient breathes after a laryngectomy,<br />
(surgery to remove the larynx).<br />
Sometimes, especially with cancer of the oral cavity, a patient may need<br />
reconstructive and plastic surgery to rebuild bones or tissues.<br />
However, reconstructive surgery may not always be possible<br />
because of damage to the remaining tissue from the original<br />
surgery or from radiation therapy. If reconstructive surgery is not<br />
possible, a prosthodontist may be able to make a prosthesis (an artificial<br />
dental and/or facial part) to restore satisfactory swallowing, speech, and<br />
appearance. Patients will receive training on how to use the device.<br />
Patients who have trouble speaking after treatment may need speech<br />
therapy. Often a speech-language pathologist will visit the patient in<br />
the hospital to plan therapy and teach speech exercises or alternative<br />
methods of speaking. Speech therapy usually continues after the patient<br />
returns home.<br />
Eating and swallowing may be difficult after treatment for head and<br />
neck cancer. Some patients receive nutrients directly into a vein after<br />
surgery or need a feeding tube until they can eat on their own. A feeding<br />
tube is a flexible plastic tube that is passed into the stomach through<br />
the nose or an incision in the abdomen. A nurse or speech-language<br />
pathologist can help patients learn how to swallow again after surgery.<br />
When the doctors say, ‘Good news. You are free of<br />
cancer.’ the hard part of the journey starts. That is why<br />
the conference title is ‘Living with and Beyond <strong>Cancer</strong>.’<br />
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Quality of Life Capture<br />
“Throughout the conference, storytelling about Quality of Life in<br />
Your <strong>Cancer</strong> Journey will be encouraged, through listening to<br />
world class speakers and being confident to share your experiences.<br />
Whether you are a Health Professional, patient or carer<br />
the intention is the same – to capture successes, achievements<br />
and what can be done in future to improve survivorship rates and<br />
quality of life still further.”<br />
I will be introducing, through short sessions on both days, a<br />
dedicated space in the conference room, “Quality of Life Capture<br />
Wall” where all present will be encouraged to write, draw and pin<br />
up their success stories and additional improvements to support,<br />
products or services that will be needed in future.<br />
If you are a Health Professional, what have been your greatest<br />
achievements in supporting Head & Neck cancer patients or carers<br />
with their Quality of Life? What are you working on now that<br />
will be recognised as improvements for the future? And lastly,<br />
what would you like to see if you had an ‘Open Cheque Book’?<br />
If you are a Head and Neck cancer patient or carer, then what are<br />
the stories you want to tell about how well you have been supported<br />
to improve Quality of Life? And what additional support is<br />
needed that will improve things still further?<br />
Please do contribute, sharing your achievements, successes and<br />
what improvements are still required. Our Quality of Life Capture<br />
Wall will be on show throughout the conference and<br />
you can add to it at any time during refreshments and<br />
lunch breaks or at the end of the day.<br />
Following the event all your views will be reviewed and compared<br />
to the Success Wall from World Head & Neck Day event. This will<br />
support the development of a conference review report. If you<br />
would like to have a copy of the report, please sign the document<br />
next to the “Quality of Life Capture Wall”.<br />
I hope you have a thoroughly enjoyable event, making new connections,<br />
developing relationships and supporting the best possible<br />
Quality of Life for Head and Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> patients and carers.”<br />
Phil Parramore<br />
GuideDotYou Change Solutions<br />
www.guidedotyou.co.uk<br />
#HNCCONF<strong>2017</strong><br />
yourcancerjourney.org.uk/conference<br />
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Speakers<br />
Arthur M. Lauretano, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S.<br />
Medical Director of the Lowell General Hospital<br />
Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Centre, and the<br />
Medical Director for Inpatient Speciality Services at<br />
Lowell General Hospital.<br />
Chris Curtis<br />
World Head & Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> Patient Ambassador<br />
Head & Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> from a patient’s perspective.<br />
Chris Lewis FRSA<br />
Founder of ‘Chris’s <strong>Cancer</strong> Community’ and co-founder<br />
of ‘Your simPal’ His work has won him many awards and<br />
has led to him being one of the major patient influencers<br />
within the cancer sector.<br />
Clair Burke<br />
Oncology Nurse USA Claire is a registered nurse with 35<br />
years of nursing experience in hospitals, home health and<br />
outpatient settings in the United States.<br />
Mr. Ajay Nigam FRCS Ed, FRCS Eng, FRCS (ORL)<br />
Consultant at Lancashire ENT Services, with specialities in<br />
Ear, Nose & Throat, Rhinology and Head & Neck Surgery.<br />
Dr Alex J Mitchell<br />
NHS consultant and honorary senior lecturer in psychooncology<br />
(a branch of liaison psychiatry).<br />
Dr Jo Patterson<br />
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer (Newcastle University)<br />
and Lead Speech & Language Therapist in ENT<br />
(Sunderland Royal Hospital).<br />
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Speakers<br />
Dr K Vasudev<br />
Histopathologist Rtd<br />
The role of the Histopathologist in the Diagnosis and<br />
Management of Head & Neck <strong>Cancer</strong>.<br />
Dr. Rob Hicks<br />
Talking about the role of carers<br />
Dr Rob is one of the UK’s most popular and well-known<br />
media doctors.<br />
Dr. Sajjad Iqbal<br />
Rare <strong>Cancer</strong>, Patient Survivor of 15 years from New Jersey,<br />
United States. He is the longest living survivor of salivary<br />
duct carcinoma.<br />
Dr Gillian Knight<br />
Head of Biosciences, Deputy Head of Natural Sciences,<br />
College of Life and Natural Sciences at University of Derby.<br />
Julie McCrossin<br />
International Patient Speaker<br />
Renowned across Australia for her warmth, humour,<br />
intelligence and commitment to social justice.<br />
Naseem Ghazali MSc, DOHNS, FDSRCS,<br />
FRCS(OMFSS)<br />
Robotic surgeon at Blackburn Hospital<br />
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WE ALL HAVE<br />
A story to tell<br />
LET’S SHARE<br />
AND BE INSPIRED<br />
I have been fortunate enough that<br />
cancer has not impacted on my family<br />
or friends for a couple of generations<br />
since my grandfather’s death, I, like most,<br />
have struggled with many life challenges.<br />
Including a failed marriage, a rough<br />
ride for my three daughters, a hearing<br />
impairment, unemployed for a good<br />
spell, lone parenting for a two year spell,<br />
and significant challenges to re-entering<br />
employment.<br />
That said my glass is always well over three<br />
quarters full, never half empty.<br />
12th August 2013 I will always class as one of<br />
my lifetime achievements.<br />
On that day I started my own business,<br />
a dream of mine for many, many years.<br />
Despite many hurdles along the way I am<br />
resilient, determined, the business survives<br />
and modestly continues on its growth<br />
journey. The business model developed<br />
means GuideDotYou will still be around as I<br />
go to the grave and I intend it to continue<br />
through future generations.<br />
I encourage people to participate in<br />
activities, socialise, volunteer, and enter<br />
into sustainable employment or selfemployment<br />
if they are realistically able.<br />
Together we can put the emphasis on<br />
prevention is better than cure and improve<br />
the quality of life for so many, leading to<br />
better health outcomes for individuals<br />
across our diverse population.<br />
Thank you for attending the conference. I<br />
know for some of you it’s not easy to do,<br />
but I applaud you for being here and being<br />
prepared to share and help others with their<br />
journey. I look forward to learning from and<br />
being inspired by you all; and hope you can<br />
embrace the successes and future plans of<br />
patients, carers and support organisations.<br />
Phil Parramore<br />
GuideDotYou Change Solutions<br />
www.guidedotyou.co.uk<br />
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I subscribe to the policy agenda that<br />
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There’s nowhere quite like it<br />
Blackpool<br />
There’s nowhere quite like<br />
Blackpool. Where else in the world<br />
can say they have a complete set of<br />
three piers, a Tower, a theme park,<br />
a waterpark, a zoo, a waxwork,<br />
an aquarium and a mix of historic<br />
and contemporary entertainment<br />
venues? If that wasn’t enough,<br />
all this full-on full-throttle leisure<br />
action takes place against the<br />
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in a Royal Caribbean survey - not<br />
bad considering Dubai took the top<br />
spot and the Gulf Coast was third.<br />
Although Blackpool is proudly all things,<br />
to all people, within that broad appeal<br />
it also offers a niche for your niche<br />
(sugar for your honey !). Accommodation<br />
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couples, adults only, over 50s or groups,<br />
that are room only, bed and breakfast,<br />
half board or full board. Some that allow<br />
you to bring pets, others with in-house<br />
entertainment. There’s deals to be<br />
had midweek and the golden rule for<br />
weekend breaks remains reserve well in<br />
advance.<br />
On the horizon, the Winter Gardens<br />
Conference Centre coming in Spring<br />
2019 will enable Blackpool to compete<br />
once again for the “big ticket” political<br />
and industry meetings. Entertainment<br />
wise, now we’ve had a visit from Will<br />
Smith with the Livewire Festival in <strong>2017</strong>,<br />
you never know which A Listers will be<br />
appearing next.<br />
Work will begin shortly on the tram<br />
extension too, connecting Blackpool<br />
North to the tram network seamlessly<br />
and this is due to be operational by<br />
April 2019. When it comes to beaming<br />
Blackpool to the masses, <strong>2017</strong> will<br />
have seen visits from two television<br />
juggernauts – ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent<br />
filmed their auditions in January at the<br />
Opera House and of course in a matter<br />
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the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing takes<br />
over the Tower Ballroom. Needless to<br />
say, long may these outside broadcasts<br />
continue!<br />
Just around the corner in 2018,<br />
Blackpool Pleasure Beach will unveil a<br />
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The future looks very bright indeed<br />
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build on, the most recent official visitor<br />
numbers stand at an eyewatering 18<br />
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truth be told the popularity of Blackpool<br />
with its one third of the nation appeal<br />
can only be best described as one thing<br />
and one thing only – Only Fools and<br />
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The Swallows Head and<br />
Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> Support Group,<br />
in collabaration with the<br />
Rosemere <strong>Cancer</strong> Foundation,<br />
is launching the UK’s first<br />
Radiotherapy Mask Art<br />
Exhibition to raise the profile of<br />
head and neck cancers.<br />
We would love you to be involved, either by decorating your own mask or by donating<br />
your mask for others to decorate. Schools, art colleges and a number of professional<br />
artists are being invited to take part and the exhibition will be unveiled at the Patients<br />
Head and Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> Conference in Blackpool in November <strong>2017</strong>. It will then visit the<br />
Rosemere <strong>Cancer</strong> Centre and Blackpool Victoria Hospital, before touring England and<br />
beyond, finishing at the Rosemere Centre for a Grand-Fundraising Evening. On return<br />
to the UK, the exhibits will be put up for auction and the funds split equally between The<br />
Swallows and Rosemere.<br />
If you would like to decorate and enter your own mask simply request to keep it at the<br />
end of your treatment, decorate it and submit a photograph, along with your contact<br />
details and any information you would like to share about the inspiration for your<br />
design, by email to chris@theswallows.org.uk.<br />
If you would like to donate your mask for others to decorate, please tell your<br />
radiotherapist and they will ensure that your mask is passed on. If you would also like<br />
to pass on a short, anonymous biography, that would help greatly to inspire our artists.<br />
Simply fill in the slip below and pass it to your radiotherapist.<br />
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RADIOTHERAPY MASK ART EXHIBITION <strong>2017</strong><br />
I am Male / Female<br />
Full Name:<br />
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………<br />
Address:<br />
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………<br />
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………<br />
I would like to be informed of exhibition and auction dates and venues please<br />
I would like to donate my Mask to raise funds<br />
I would like my Mask returning at the end of the tour<br />
Telephone ……………………………………………………. Email ……………………………………......…………………………<br />
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OUR BUSY SHOP REQUIRES<br />
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WE COLLECT FOR FREE MOST ITEMS ACCEPTED<br />
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Who are The Swallows?<br />
We are the Head & Neck <strong>Cancer</strong> Support Charity and we are known as the ‘Swallows’ due to the difficulty a lot of<br />
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Call in at: The Michael Stenhouse Centre,<br />
68-70 Waterloo Road, Blackpool, FY4 1AB<br />
For more information call:<br />
01253 428 940<br />
www.theswallows.org.uk<br />
www.facebook.com/theswallowscancersupport<br />
@swallowsgroup<br />
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