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Name: 10 Best Head And Neck Cancer doctors in Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore - Updated 2024
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Question 1

What are the symptoms of head and neck cancer?

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People suffering from head and neck cancer often experience the following symptoms. However, people with head and neck cancer might not have any of the symptoms mentioned below or the cause of the symptom can also be a medical condition that is not cancer.

You will feel a lump on the back of the neck or near the jaw or near the mouth
You will feel like ulcer formation in your mouth
You may feel pain in your neck or weakness in your face
You may observe slight neck pain
Difficulty when you will move your face or mouth
You may not swallow your food properly
There might be a pain in your ears problems with hearing or not being able to hear completely
You may not able to speak properly
Sore throat
You may feel changes or weight loss in your body
trouble while breathing

Question 2

How is head and neck cancer typically treated?

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The three main treatments for head and neck cancer are

Radiation Therapy
Surgery
Chemotherapy

Oncologists give either radiation therapy, surgery, or a combination of both as primary treatments to kill or remove cancer. Chemotherapy is given as an adjuvant treatment. Depending on the site of cancer and the stage of the disease, the optimal combination of the three treatment modalities for a patient is determined.

Patients with early stage head and neck cancers are generally treated with either radiation or surgery. Patients with more advanced cancers are often treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy simultaneously. Surgery might also follow after chemotherapy and radiation therapy depending on the nature of cancer.

10 Best Head And Neck Cancer doctors in Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore - Updated 2024

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Dr. Anil Kamath

Dr. Niti Raizada

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