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Head and neck cancer can be caused by the use of any tobacco products, not just smoking cigarettes. Tobacco in the form of cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco and snuff can contribute to the development of head and neck cancers.
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.
Head and neck cancers involve the respiratory tract and the digestive tract; and they interfere with the functions of eating and breathing. Laryngeal cancers affect speech. Loss of any of these functions is significant.
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About Head and Neck Cancer
More than 60,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with head and neck cancer. Heavy use of nicotine and alcohol may increase the risk of developing these cancers.
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.
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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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Alternate Names : Cancer - mouth, Mouth cancer, Head and neck cancer, Squamous cell cancer - mouth
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Oral cancer is cancer of the mouth.
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head and neck cancer ( KAN-ser) 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 cancers include cancers of the nose and throat, thyroid tumors, 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 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.
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A term used by doctors to mean cancer affecting the lip, mouth, nose etc. Does not usually mean cancers of the oesophagus (gullet) or larynx (voice box).
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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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History of head/neck 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.
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smoking - a major cause of lung cancer, and a factor in bladder cancer and head and neck cancers among others
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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.
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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.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been found to be associated with several types of cancer: cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal, and some head and neck cancers.
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Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaw is a debilitating and deforming complication of radiation therapy when being treated for a head and neck cancer.
Radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: Radiation, physics, radiobiology, and clinical principles. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 77.
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Otolaryngologists also manage the treatment of head and neck cancers, as well as perform reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery.
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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.
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Sustained use of tobacco products may result in lung, head, or neck cancers, heart disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and other physical disorders.
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