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A 36-year-old male asked:

Had lump in upper left side of neck for 3yrs no symptoms until recently, small short headaches. can this be a cancer tumor? size changes, not hard.

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Dr. Jocelyn Tan
Dr. Jocelyn Tananswered
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Can this be a cancer: Cancer can indeed grow and metastasize. Size alone or softness/hardness , headaches are not good enough to definitive diagnose cancer. A biopsy and or scans are helpful tests.
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