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Head and Neck Cancer
Radiation Oncology · Oncology
Severe
Severity
Common — the sixth most common cancer type worldwide, with particularly high rates in South Asia
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Radiation Oncology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1The majority of head and neck cancers are caused by chronic exposure to tobacco in any form combined with heavy alcohol consumption
- 2which act synergistically to damage the DNA of cells lining the mouth and throat. Human papillomavirus
- 3particularly strain 16
- 4is an increasingly recognized cause of throat cancers
- 5especially of the tonsils and base of tongue
- 6in both smokers and non-smokers. Other risk factors include areca nut or betel quid chewing
- 7prolonged sun exposure for lip cancers
- 8and a history of previous head and neck cancer.
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