What are the symptoms for throat cancer?

Discomfort : There can be pain or difficulty swallowing. One may have hoarseness, lymph nodes in the neck. Any persistent problems need an exam and scope or mirror exam down the throat.

Many: Typical symptoms can include swallowing difficulty for mostly solids, weight loss, voice hoarseness, throat pain, fatigue, neck node enlargement, and can progress to occassionally choking or vomitting in advanced cases.

Symptoms/throat canc: Sore throat which persist, large gland in neck, hoarseness of voice, difficulty in swallowing, speech difficulty, persistant earache, mass and pain in neck, bleeding from mouth, sinus congestion, bad breath, sour tongue, weight loss.

Trouble with: Voice change; swallowing; breathing. Throat begins at yout tonsils, ends at the cricoid cartilage with the swallowing tube in the back, and the larynx, true voacl cors below, supraglottis above. The valecula lives in from of the epiglottis, behind the base of your tongue. The little doo-dad that hangs down, the uvual, is part of the soft palate.

Depends on site: There are multiple areas in the throat that may be affected by cancer and each site has different symptoms. The general symptoms include difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, pain in the throat, enlarged tonsils and in some cases first symptoms may be enlarged nodes due to mets. See this site for more info. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/oral-and-throat-cancer/ds00349.

Hoarseness, trouble : Swallowing, sore throat, lump in neck that does not go away. Yes, more common in a smoker that drinks. If your "sore throat" endures more than 2 weeks, see a doctor.