Admin_NHT Staff asked 4 years ago The throat is a hollow tube behind the nose and roof of the mouth attached to the neck. Tobacco or excessive alcohol assumption is the main reason for throat cancer.
- Sign and symptoms:- Sore throat, trouble in swallowing, mass in the neck, change in voice, ear pain, white patches or wound in mouth and throat.
- Diagnosis: -Dentists can easily identify throat cancer by looking in the mouth. If any abnormal tissue is identified then the physician cut the small tissue and examine it under the microscope. Imaging techniques like CT, MRI scan, PET scan, ultrasound also helpful in the identification of throat cancer.
- Treatment: – Treatment of throat cancer is depends upon the stage of cancer. Early-stage cancer is treated with radiation therapy also precision medicine is also helpful to treat cancer. Identification of the stage of cancer is helpful for the treatment of cancer. Early-stage of cancer is not more than one inch and not spread through the lymph nodes. More than the one-inch spreading of cancer is a local stage, in advance stage cancer cell increases above 3 inch, and metastatic cancer spread at any size. Throat cancer is visible by opening the mouth.