Head and Neck Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer Prevention
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There are significant risk factors that contribute to head and neck cancers. These cancers include: ...

Head and neck cancer: The common carcinomas of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx as well as other tumors that affect the head and neck.
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Head and neck cancers
Information on cancers of the head and neck, including how they are diagnosed, treatments you might have, possible side effects and how to get further support.
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Head and neck cancers can disfigure the face and neck and impact speech, sight, the ability to swallow and the sense of smell.

Head and neck cancers are cancers that develop anywhere in the head and neck. About 7,800 people in the UK are diagnosed with head and neck cancer every year.

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Term Definition
Head and neck cancer
Cancer that arises in the head or neck region (in the nasal cavity, sinuses, lips, mouth, salivary glands, throat, or larynx [voice box]).
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Head and Neck Cancer
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Head and Neck Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer Risk Factors
Choosing to live a healthy lifestyle can go a long way in cancer prevention. Many of the risk factors for cancer are under your control, however some are not.

What are Head and Neck Cancers?
Ninety percent of diagnosed cases of head and neck cancer are of the squamous cell variety. Squamous cells are the thin flat cells that line the surface of the oral cavity, aerodigestive tract and other organs.

Alternate Names : Cancer - mouth, Mouth cancer, Head and neck cancer, Squamous cell cancer - mouth
Definition
Oral cancer is cancer of the mouth.

Head And Neck Cancer
The tumors associated with head and neck cancers are found in several regions, including the lips, tongue, mouth, nasal passages, pharynx, larynx (voice box), salivary glands, thyroid gland, and parathyroid glands.

Head and Neck Cancers
Head and neck cancers include cancers of the nose and throat, thyroidtumors, mouth cancer, salivary gland cancer, cancer of the larynx (or voice box), and respiratory tract. These cancers are discussed below.

Head and neck cancer (head and neck )
A term used by doctors to mean cancer in the head and neck area, for example, the lip, mouth, nose etc. It does not usually refer to cancers of the oesophagus (food pipe) or larynx (voice box).
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head and neck cancer Cancer that arises in the head or neck region (in the nasal cavity, sinuses, lip, mouth, salivary glands, throat, or larynx [voice box]).

Head and Neck Cancer
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Head and neck cancers include cancers of the nose and throat, thyroidtumors, mouth cancer, salivary gland cancer, cancer of the larynx (or voice box), and respiratory tract. These cancers are discussed below.
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Head and neck cancer
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Head and neck cancers
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Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes a Mixed Bag
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Head and neck cancers may remain localized for months to years. Local tissue invasion eventually is followed by metastasis to regional lymph nodes, related in large part to tumor size and extent, and reduces overall survival by nearly half.

In head and neck cancers, chemotherapy is used in combination with radiation therapy and surgery for large or extensive cancers and in combination with radiation therapy in other head and neck cancers depending on the site.

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Posner M. Head and neck cancer. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 200.

Forastiere AA. Head and neck cancer: overview of recent developments and future directions. Semin Oncol . 2000 Aug;27(4 Suppl 8):1-4.

docetaxel (doh-seh-TAK-sel) A drug used together with other drugs to treat certain types of breast cancer, stomach cancer, prostate cancer, and certain types of head and neck cancer. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

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: Prevalence, predictive factors, and screening for psychologic distress in patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer. Cancer 88 (12): 2817-23, 2000.
Zigmond AS, Snaith RP: The hospital anxiety and depression scale.

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Head and neck cancer - cetuximab, NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance (June 2008); Cetuximab for the treatment of head and neck cancer
Agrawal N, Ha PK; Management of early-stage laryngeal cancer. Otolaryngol Clin North Am.

certain head and neck cancers;
esophageal strictures (narrowings of the esophagus) that result from inflammation and scarring most commonly from chronic acid exposure due to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), ...

There is a dose-response relationship between exposure to tobacco smoking and the development of head and neck cancer - the more you smoke, the greater the risk.

This is often used on head and neck cancers.
Photodynamic therapy - where lasers are used to activate light sensitive drugs which are injected and absorbed by cancers.

People who have had other head and neck cancers have an increased chance of developing a second cancer in the head and neck area, including esophageal cancer.
Other risk factors include achalasia and a history of gastroesophageal reflux (GERD).

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Like many other head and neck cancers, however, using tobacco can increase your risk of salivary gland cancer. Most head and neck cancers are associated with tobacco use.

Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaw is a debilitating and deforming complication of radiation therapy when being treated for a head and neck cancer.

Birth defects (such as cleft palate )
Head and neck cancers
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Doctors are diagnosing a very rare type of head and neck cancer with more frequency. Narsopharyngeal cancer, a tumor that grows behind the nose and at the top of the throat, above the ...
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Hairy cell leukemia
Head and neck cancer
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Hepatocellular (liver) cancer
Hodgkin lymphoma
Hypopharyngeal cancer
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A drug that is used to treat type 2 diabetes and is being studied in the prevention of head and neck cancer. It may be able to stop leukoplakia (a precancerous condition affecting the mouth) from developing into cancer.

Otolaryngologists also manage the treatment of head and neck cancers, as well as perform reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery.
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In Otolaryngology, areas of specialization include head and neck cancer, laryngeal and voice disorders, cochlear implant and hearing impairment, and developmental language and speech disorders.

Tongue cancer is a subgroup of head and neck cancer. Cancer develops from the squamous cells of the tongue. This leads to a local tumor growth, and it later spreads.

Deficiency of activated STAT1 in head and neck cancer cells mediates TAP1-dependent escape from… more…
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Cancer - mouth; Mouth cancer; Head and neck cancer; Squamous cell cancer - mouth
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Head and neck cancer surgery
Nervous system (neurological) disorders that affect the brain, such as Parkinson's disease or Huntington's disease (more common in dysarthria than aphasia)
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Koliha, C. A. "Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Post Treatment . Something to Consider?" ORL-Head and Neck Nursing 21 (Winter 2003): 10-14.

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Solid tumors such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, and head and neck cancers
Lymphomas and leukemia
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The remainder, which occurred in 2 or more patients, included colorectal cancer (7), head and neck cancer (6), breast cancer (5), lung cancer (4), bladder cancer (4), melanoma (3), and gastric cancer (2).

Salivary gland cancers account for approximately 5% of all head and neck malignancies. ... Home " Head and Neck Cancer " Salivary Gland Cancer ...
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Numerous medications, including some common antibiotics and antihistamines
Radiation associated with the treatment of head and neck cancers
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Electrical stimulation is sometimes applied to the acupuncture needle. There have been numerous studies of acupuncture's efficacy in reducing nausea, pain, dry mouth after radiation treatment for head and neck cancer, and hot flashes, ...

Intra-orbital or visual pathway lesions
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Head and neck cancer -- staging
Disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid, and salivary glands; abnormalities of the throat, inner ear, and eyes.
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This technique is showing promise and has been FDA-approved for use in treating certain types of cancer, notably prostate, cervicouterine, and head and neck cancers. Its use in treating tumors of other types is expected to increase.

as achalasia, a disease in which the bottom of the esophagus does not open to release food into the stomach, and tylosis, a rare, inherited disease, increase the risk of esophageal cancer. In addition, anyone who has had other head and neck cancers ...

that is used in many forms of cancers because of it's prevents new blood cell formation to tumor cells (anti-angiogenesis), may cause hypothyroidism with long-term use.
Radiation to the neck area may cause hypothyroidism (as in head and neck cancer) ...

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