Unlike other cancer types throat cancer is mostly caused by known factors which one can avoid. Those who smoke cigarettes , chew tobacco, betel nut, marijuana and heavy comsumption of alcohol puts you at high risk of throat cancer. Only 25% person people who are not addicted to any of these habits suffer from throat.

Throat cancer affects other areas like vocal cords or the larynx. It is usually found in middle aged people and males are more affected than women. If your body is showing any of the following signs like sore throat for more than 1-2 weeks, hoarseness for more than 1-2 weeks, pain in the neck, a sought of lump like feeling in the throat, difficulty in swallowing, any kind of swelling in the neck, unexpected weight loss, cough that continues for days, coughing blood, enlarged lymph node outside the neck and change in the voice.

If these signs is what you are noticing ten without wasting time you should consult the doctor. As detecting the throat cancer will help to cure it, delay will make the situation out of control. Some may also experience blood in their saliva, consistent ear ache or cough nose bleeds and headache. The person may lose his voice or ability to speak , but all these symptoms are evident in advanced stage and very difficult to treat.

Early detection has 100% chances of cure and the treatment destroys the affected throat cells before the cancer spreads to the other parts of the body.