Signs of throat cancer

Tomorrow – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Frequent injury with shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing and ear pain make it necessary to examine the patient until the cause of the cancer is not confirmed by cancer, according to a report. recent study.

Patients with chronic stiffness and those with neck tumors are advised to be screened for throat or throat cancer.

Whelen Wu, of the Center for Cancer Research, said patients should not be upset, adding that throat congestion had nothing to do with throat cancer.

But most importantly, this study brings the latest evidence to support current recommendations by directing patients with chronic rigidity to screening, reported Al Jazeera.

The larynx represents the part of the throat located at the entrance to the trachea, which helps to breathe and talk.

The research, led by the University of Exeter, has instructed six hundred practitioners to examine 806 cases of laryngeal cancer and a total of 3,559 healthy people.

The results were published in the British Journal for General Practitioners Medical Journal.

"This study is the first glimpse of symptoms that may be important for the detection of throat cancer," said Elizabeth Shepard, head of the research team.

"What is important is that we have found that harshness of voice is important for the diagnosis of throat cancer, but more importantly, the risk of this type of cancer increases in case of frequent congestion of the throat. throat."

Willy Hamilton, one of the authors of the study and responsible for the preparation of the National Institute of Health's current recommendations and excellence in care, said the importance of this study is that it proves that the risk badociated with the resolution of these symptoms is greater than expected.

"When the institute issued recommendations for cancer screening, there was no evidence from practitioners, nor any evidence."

Hamilton pointed out that the speech is not about any kind of sore throat, but about the degree of injury that the GP calls.

"We are all used to sore throats, but cases that require a doctor can not be considered normal," he said.

He pointed out that the presence of chronic symptoms could be a harbinger of throat cancer, including:

Congestion of the throat.
His rude.
Difficulty of breathing.
Ingestion problems.
He added, "The sooner we succumb to the patients, the cancer is diagnosed and appropriate treatment is found."