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Is it possible for a teenager to have throat cancer?
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Unlikely but yes: Head and neck malignancies are rare in children and adolescents. Most tend to be benign. Possible malignancies include rhabdomyosarcoma, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, ewing's sarcoma.
Answered 1/24/2013
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