What is the most common head and neck cancer?

Ideally, cancers that are in the head and neck region begin in the squalors cells that line the moist, mucosal surfaces.

It begins in the salivary glands & has different types of cells that can become cancerous. Cancers of the head and neck are also subdivided by the area in which they start i.e. oral cavity, pharynx, larynx.

So most common types of head and neck cancer are:

• Laryngeal cancer:

Here malignant cells form in the tissues of the larynx. The reasons for developing this disease are because of tobacco products & excessive drinking.

Having said that some of the signs and symptoms include sore throat & ear pain, issues, tests that examine the throat and neck are used to diagnose laryngeal cancer. Now that we’ve discussed the symptoms, we must know the treatment of head and neck cancer:

-Radiation therapy

-Surgery

-Chemotherapy

-Immunotherapy

• Hypopharyngeal cancer:

Hypopharyngeal cancer in which malignant cells form in the tissues of the hypopharynx. It mostly forms in squalors cells, the thin flat cells lining the inside of the hypopharynx which has 3 different areas.

Cancer is found in one or more of these areas. It develops due to heavy drinking and consumption of tobacco products.

Treatment options available are:

-Radiation Therapy

-Surgery

-Chemotherapy

- Immunotherapy

-Targeted therapy

-Radio sensitizers

• Nasopharyngeal Cancer:

It’s a disease in which malignant cells form in tissues of the nasopharynx. The most evident symptom is trouble breathing, speaking or hearing. It starts in the squamous cells lining the nasopharynx.

In addition to:-

-Lump in the throat

- Sore throat

-Trouble breathing and speaking

-Trouble hearing

-Pain or ringing in the ear

-Headaches