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How do you know you have canser? i have had a sore throat for 4 months now and im non smoker but i have two family member whom died from same cancer. i have taken antibiotics and still it's not going away. at the tip of my throat it feels like lamp
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Family History: I would ask your primary to refer you to ENT especially since several family members had same.To give more specific opinion would needto know exactly what type of cancer they had.
Answered 4/5/2020
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