THROAT CANCER

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

• Head and neck cancers start in the tissues and organs of the head and neck.
• Also in the squamous cells.

HOW?

• Tobacco use
• Drinking
• Infection with the human papillomavirus

THROAT

• Your throat is a muscular tube that begins behind your nose and ends in your neck.
• Voice box is below that and is susceptible to throat cancer.

SYMPTONS

• Weird breathing sounds
• Coughing up blood
• Hard to swallow
• Hoarseness
• Neck pain
• Unintentional weight loss
• Swelling

HERES A FEW PICS

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