Early symptoms of throat cancer?

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The early symptoms of throat cancer are easily confused with other diseases, so we must know what the early symptoms of throat cancer are? In the early stage of laryngopharyngeal cancer, there will be abnormal sensation, sense of urgency or swallowing discomfort, but it is often not obvious and easy to be ignored. So, early symptoms of throat cancer? Let's talk about it

Early symptoms of throat cancer?

Voice obstinate hoarseness: laryngeal cancer often affects vocal cords, even if the volume is small, it will lead to hoarseness in patients. Hoarseness is the earliest sign of laryngeal cancer. All adults with hoarseness of unknown reason and lasting for more than two weeks should be examined carefully.

Pharyngeal and laryngeal paresthesia: foreign body sensation, urgency or swallowing discomfort are the early symptoms of supraglottic laryngeal carcinoma. However, the initial symptoms of this type of cancer are often not obvious until the second or third stage. Therefore, if the middle-aged and old people have throat discomfort, they should do a comprehensive and careful examination.

Cough with blood in the sputum: due to tumor stimulation can produce irritative dry cough, sputum with blood, patients often have mucus adhesion. When the tumor is enlarged, it will block the airway and make the secretion of trachea discharge unobstructed, causing respiratory tract infection, wheezing and even dyspnea. In the middle and late stage, it is characterized by persistent cough and voice change.

matters needing attention

1. Radiotherapy is mainly suitable for stage I lesions: ① small and superficial unilateral or bilateral vocal cord cancer, not involving anterior commissure, vocal cord process or subglottic area, vocal cord movement is good. ② Marginal carcinoma of epiglottis, less than 1 cm. ③ The general condition is poor, not suitable for operation. ④ Preoperative radiotherapy can be used to treat a wide range of cancer involving laryngopharynx. The preoperative dose of 60Co was 45-50gy (4500-5000rad) within 4 weeks, and surgical resection was performed within 2-4 weeks after radiotherapy. The dose of radiation alone is 60-70gy (6000-7000rad).