HNC Support International Inc.

In August 2005, frustrated by the lack of information and understanding about Head and Neck Cancer, the small number of specialists trained in Head and Neck Surgery, no systematic rehabilitation programs to help patients deal with difficulties such as speaking, swallowing, and dealing with daily necessities such as cleaning a g-tube, the lack of cancer support groups specific to Head and Neck Cancers, Stanley (Zack) Cherry, a licensed psychotherapist and a Head and Neck Cancer patient himself, and Brenda Villegas, a Speech Pathologist at the USC Department of Head & Neck Surgery, started the HNC Patient Support Group.