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My l tonsil has been bigger than r for as long as i can remember. shrunk a little in the last 4 months. ent says ok. now i have l ear pain. cancer?
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Probably not: While ear pain CAN be a sign of head and neck cancer, the vast majority of patients who complain of ear pain do not have cancer. Your ENT doc can tell by looking.
Answered 6/5/2014
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