Laryngeal Cancer
What is it?
Cancer of the larynx (“voice box”)
Symptoms
Difficulty swallowing, persistent cough, sore throat, earaches, persistent hoarseness, breathy voice, lump in neck, difficulty breathing, ear pain, bad breath etc.
Treatments
Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
Supraglottic Cancer
What is it?
Cancer that begins in the tissues above the vocal cords.
Symptoms
Difficulty swallowing, persistent cough, sore throat, earaches, persistent hoarseness, breathy voice, lump in neck, difficulty breathing, ear pain, bad breath etc.
Treatments
Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
Tonsil Cancer
What is it?
Cancer of the tonsils.
Symptoms
Difficulty swallowing and the feeling of something stuck in your throat, mass or ulcer on one of the tonsils, tonsil assymetry (one tonsil significantly larger than the other), bad breath, weight loss, ear pain, throat pain.
Treatments
Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
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