Head and Neck Cancer Survivor Glad to be Back at the Helm Now [Video]

Arthur Swaun loves fighting tuna, sailfish and mahi-mahi off the coast of the Florida Keys. But in March of 2023, he got the news that he would be involved in a very different and unwelcome battle. He was diagnosed with HPV-related head and neck cancer.

“I woke up one morning, went to shave and there was a golf ball-sized bump sticking out the side of my neck,” the Cutler Bay resident said. “It didn’t start off small and grow. It just was literally there one morning.”

(Watch now: When Arthur Swaun stepped in front of the mirror one morning, he saw a golf ball-sized bump on his neck. See how doctors at Miami Cancer Institute cured what turned out to be HPV-related head and neck cancer.)

Head and neck cancers can appear in the tonsils, tongue and throughout the mouth, including the gums, roof of the mouth and cheek. They also occur …