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A 33-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: head and neck cancer?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Hushang Haghighatanswered
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Mass: It is growing mass that could be causing headache ,and could diagnose with biopsy on neck mass or CT /MRI of head
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Who is at risk for head and neck cancer?
3 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
Dr. Ritesh Rathoreanswered
Hematology and Oncology 31 years experience
Variable: Patients at high risk for head/neck cancer are those with history of alcohol use, long-term smoking, tobacco chewing, human papilloma virus infection, chewing betel nuts, chronic use of ill-fitting dentures, and poor dental & oral hygiene.
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Dr. Andy Chung commented
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 22 years experience
Chronic sun exposure may put you at risk for skin cancers of the head and neck
Sep 9, 2012
A 21-year-old member asked:
What are the types of head and neck cancer?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Ritesh Rathoreanswered
Hematology and Oncology 31 years experience
Few: Most cancers are squamous cancers from the lining of the head and neck organs. Other types include cancers of the saliva glands and other organs such as thyroid, parathyroid glands.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Is head and neck cancer hereditary?
3 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
Dr. Dennis Diazanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 39 years experience
Uncommon: There can be a genetic predispostion for families to develop cancer but only a few head and neck cancers (thyroid, endorine neoplasms, neurofibromatosis and some others) are inherited.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What causes head and neck cancers?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. Latisha Smithanswered
Wound care 39 years experience
Tobacco usage: Head and neck cancers include cancers involving the throat, tongue, mouth, nose , and sinuses. Cigarette smoking is closely associated with throat cancer and chewing tobacco causes cancer in the mouth. Nasal and sinus cancers happen more often because of genetic predisposition rather than some external irritant like smoke.
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Last updated Nov 28, 2017
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