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Throat cancer age statistics
A male asked:
Dr. Daniel Rubensteinanswered
Dentistry 53 years experience
Throat cancer: Unlikely at your age, but if you are having a problem and it has lasted longer than 10 days, you should see your dentist, an oral surgeon or an ENT sp... Read More
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3.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lawrence Hochmananswered
Radiation Oncology 33 years experience
Not likely: It's not impossible, but highly unlikely. There are few juvenile cancers that affect the throat but get checked out by a throat specialist if there a... Read More
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4.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
A Verified Doctoranswered
Addiction Medicine 51 years experience
No: that would be highly unusual, and pretty close to impossible. However, there are other causes of cancer in any part of the body including the throat.... Read More
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4.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A male asked:
Dr. Vahe Yetimyananswered
General Practice 53 years experience
Very unlikely: You do not get at this age from gerd.
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292 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
Infection and other: Throat infection and other irritation i.e. Smoking , reflux disease- are the most common causes of hoarseness for someone in your age. Although, oral... Read More
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5.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Get HPV vaccine: You are young enough to take HPV vaccine. The vaccine prevents most HPV related cancers. The risk of throat cancer is low if you do not smoke or drink... Read More
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3.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Tongue papilla?: Everybody has a bunch of circumvallate papillae on the back of the tongue. Occasionally one is big. A cancer is obviously abnormal before it becomes r... Read More
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1.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Peter Ihleanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 56 years experience
Get in touch with-: -your oncologist to be sure you don’t have metastasis. Also a talk with your surgeon would be a good idea. You have a long life ahead of you so don’t ... Read More
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348 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Solhjemanswered
Radiation Oncology 23 years experience
Not necessarily.: Throat cancer usually is curable with radiation therapy (and sometimes chemo at the same time, occasionally surgery). It is important to be treated a... Read More
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4.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 22-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Astrachananswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 39 years experience
Cancer in the throat: The throat is the area known as the "pharynx". The pharynx is divided into 3 parts. The area behind the nose (nasopharynx), the area behind the mouth ... Read More
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6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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