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Throat Cancer

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THROAT CANCER

BY MICHAEL GENZEL
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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.
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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
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THANK YOU