“The early #detection of #oral, #head and #neck #cancers is crucial,” said Ron J. Karni, MD, #ENT…

“The early #detection of #oral, #head and #neck #cancers is crucial,” said Ron J. Karni, MD, #ENT specialist with UT Physicians and associate professor in the Department of #Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth.

“The #signs and #symptoms often go unnoticed, but there are a few visible signs associated with these cancers such as a #lump in your neck, a #sore in your mouth that doesn’t heal or that increases in size, persistent pain in your #mouth, lumps or white or red #patches inside your mouth, difficulty #chewing or #swallowing or moving your #tongue, soreness in your #throat or feeling that something is caught in your throat, and changes in your #voice.”

Oral, head and neck cancers claim approximately 13,000 lives per year. However, there is hope. If diagnosed early, these cancers can be more easily treated without significant complications and the chances of #survival greatly increase.

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