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Regarding tonsillar carcinoma
Is tonsillar carcinoma harmful?? Or is it curable
How can one know that he has a tonsillar carcinoma
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Yes needs to be taken seriously.
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FNAC / Biopsy for dx confirmation
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It is definitely harmful and treatment depends on stage of disease..
Biopsy and CT Neck are required investigations
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Dont be panic about condition.. early detection and intervention is cure for any carcinoma .. Consult as early as possible
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Any carcinoma is harmful. Curable or not depends on stage.
To know one is having or not, requires proper history and symptoms like pain, irritation, swelling or ulcer in throat, difficulty in swallowing with proper evaluation with mri/ct scan and biopsy for co firmed diagnosis.
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if any doubt go for proper consultation and examination
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don't overthink before proper diagnosis
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Biopsy and Mri oral cavity ideal. Ct to look for bone involvement.
Any carcinoma Ida dangerous.
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Biopsy is required to confirm diagnosis
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Any cancer is definitely harmful . To know or diagnose regarding that you should visit a ENT surgeon get examined and if required should confirm it by biopsy and CT scan . The treatment depends on the stage if the carcinoma
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Its general question about tonsillar carcinoma. Patients should be asked for any habits like smoking, alcohol, any chronic irritants. If any one of these history is there, risk of cancer can be suspected. There are some causes where these habits wont be responsible, like lymphoma.
Needs proper examination and gross growth seen on tonsil, then need for biopsy to know the type of cancer.
Treatment of tonsillar cancer is treatable and there are many modes radiotherapy, if biopsy type not favorable need for surgery, but finally has good prognosis, responds well
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Get doctor examination .if any nonhealing lesion,need biopsy which confirm diagnosis of tonsil carcinoma.it is curable in many patients
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Dr. Satish Nair
Head and Neck Surgeon
28 yrs exp
Bangalore
The diagnosis is by biopsy
The treatment depends on stage of disease, however the standard treatment is radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy.
Surgery is an option in an early small disease or in very advanced stage.
This treatment is for squamous cell carcinoma
If it’s lymphoma the treatment would be chemotherapy
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