Painful Swallowing + Ear Pain + Hoarseness = Pharyngeal Cancer
Risk Factors: smoking (tobacco, marijuana, cigars), UV lights, EtOH, Betel nut chewing, HPV, EBV
Presenting Symptoms
- lump in throat
- persistent sore throat
- cough, bloody sputum
- hoarseness
- dysphagia
- lymphadenopathy
- ear pain (referred)
Nasopharynx Cancer
more common in African and East Asian populations, ay cause paresis of soft palate and nasal regurgitation on swallowing
Laryngeal Cancer: stridor
