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What is the definition or description of: tonsillar cancer?
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Tonsil tumor: A cancer that arises on the tonsil.
Answered 12/23/2012
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The tonsil is: An anatomic location that can be ientified as being on either side of the base of the tongue, and below and behind the soft palate, that thin membrance behind the hard palate with the dew drop of tissue called the uvula. Hpv has just replaced tobacco as main cause of cancer induction of the normal squamous mucosa that resides there.
Answered 1/7/2013
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If asymmetrical tonsils are normal why when you google it you always come up as cancer? My one tonsil is 5x bigger than other. Been this way for years
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One of my tonsils stick out or looks like it has a lump. Been there for about 5 weeks. Could it be cancer?
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If an ENT has inspected the tonsils and found no irregularity, how long afterwards would it realistically take before a tonsillar cancer grew and could be visualized?
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I am worried I have high risk oral hpv.Dint get the vaccine.Is tonsillar HPV infection linked with my chronic tonsillitis?Will i get tonsil cancer?
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