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    Head and neck cancer: an overview of varieties, symptoms of pathology, treatment

    Cancer in the head and neck of a person diagnosed in twenty percent of cases among all oncological diseases. Neoplasms divided into three groups: benign tumor, malignant pathology, intermediate pathological process. A middle group of formations leads to local tissue destruction. The reason for the development of destructive methods is the presence of squamous oncology in the patient. It causes the consumption of alcohol, nicotine addiction.

    A characteristic primary sign of the formation of the disease is an enlargement of the cervical glands. If you identify the condition at an early stage, then the chances of recovery increase. Cancer of the head and neck is more often found in patients older than sixty years. Young people are prone to damage to the thyroid glands, salivary gland, paranasal sinus. The oral cavity, the larynx, is damaged by oncology in people over fifty.

    Varieties of oncology of the head, neck

    Among the joint dislocations of the oncological process of the head, neck, note: 

    • Damage to the larynx, glottis, sub-vocal cavity; 
    • Pathology of the oropharynx – posterior, lateral pharyngeal wall, soft palate, tonsils of the lingual base; 
    • Damage to the oral cavity – alveolar ridges, mucous membranes, hard palate, tongue, and oral floor.

    Less commonly observed damage to the nasopharynx, salivary glands, paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity. Recently, the number of patients with the following forms of cancer has increased:

    • Auditory nerve neuroma – acoustic neuroma; 
    • Malignant formation of eye sockets, retina; 
    • Damage to the thyroid gland; 
    • Intracranial neoplasm of the juvenile group; 
    • Oncology of the skin of the head, neck; 
    • Intracranial damage to adult patients.

    General signs of the development of oncological lesions of the head, neck

    Symptoms of oncology of the cervical spine, head, depends on the location of the pathological process. Among the general, initial signs of the disease, there are:

    • Development of dysphagia, dysphonia; 
    • The appearance of painful ulcers on the mucous membranes; 
    • Lesions of the mucous membranes; 
    • Tumor neoplasms of the cervical spine seal visible on palpation, visual inspection; 
    • Paresthesia, trismus, nerve palsy; 
    • Pain, the appearance of bad breath

    Treatment of head and neck oncology at the Tel Aviv Medical Clinic 

    Medical Center in Tel Aviv carries out the most complicated interventions, effective treatment of head tumors, neck cancer.

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