Head and neck cancer definition

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Avatar n tn For sure is is worrisome but try not to get to worried and just take one day at a time. Ya know Hurry up and wait!!! Get it out and you will know!!! Best of luck!!!
Avatar n tn Thank you for taking my question. Recently diagnosed with Borderline Papillary Serous - Low Malignancy Potential - microinvasive at 3mm - Stage 1a. Several questions: 1) What grade is a microinvasive at 3mm? 2) Isn't microinvasive a contradition to low malignancy potential? 3) What is the most important word in this diagnosis - the one that tells the most about this tumor and possible future tumors? Is it Borderline? or microinvasive? Or papillary? Which on carries the "flag?
Avatar f tn Started off as a knot on the back of my head right where necks start on the bottom of head.. then I noticed I had a tiny knot in my neck. Did some research and cancer started to pop up on the Internet.. I freaked out and anxiety went into overdrive.. doctor examined me and thought it was due to allergies.. got cat scan and the side with knot the lymph nodes and glands was bigger but they said they didn’t see anything wrong ..
621386 tn?1221532483 I wish you the best of luck and go get a head and neck cancer specialist to check you out completlyl! I would demand it we even had to travel out of our area to a cancer treatment center.
Avatar f tn This is probably going to sound just plain silly but here goes. Bare with me. :-) I've put my chin down toward my chest several times over the past several months checking for any signs of L'Hermittes sign and felt nothing. I began experiencing a vibration in my lower left leg and foot in October and I'm now feeling it in both arms and legs as well as the hip groin and lower back region. Here's the weird part that may sound silly in regards to L'Hermittes.
Avatar n tn Welcome to the forum. The definition of persistent infection, whether HPV or anything else, is pretty straightforward. It means the infectious agent remains in the body. For HPV, however, it's a bit complicated. Some HPV infections persist in the forum of viral DNA, which can't be transmitted and never cause disease. Whether you call this "persistence" or not is a matter of semantics, not biology.
Avatar n tn I have a hard, non-tender lump on the right side of the back of my head down towards my neck. I noticed it in undergrad (4 years ago) and they took blood work. The NP said that my white count (i think) was slightly elevated, and that i probably had a virus lingering around, which would explain the swollen lymph node on the back of my head. It has never gone away. It has been there at least 4 years now. I have lately been SUPER fatigued.
Avatar m tn Whereas in the past, the “face” of head and neck cancer was a man in his 60s with a history of heavy smoking and alcohol consumption, the men diagnosed with HPV oropharyngeal cancer do not smoke heavily and may still be in their 50s or younger, although older men are also affected. Dr. Wirth explains that HPV cancers show a specific pattern as to where they arise.
Avatar n tn The general term used for babies who can not hold their head up well is head lag. At birth, all babies have head lag. Some control over head movement is reached by 8 weeks so that head lag lessens. By the age of 4-6 months, most babies should be able to hold their head up when pulled by their arms to a seated position. However, there is of course some variation between infants, and some may hold their head up earlier and some a little later.
Avatar f tn Hi all, Has anyone ever heard of breast cancer (IBC or other) spreading up the neck to cause neck, ear, and head pain on that side? I have a swollen axillary node and pain in my breast and up my neck to my ear and head and nobody can figure it out, even breast specialists. Does this sound famiiar to anyone? Thanks so much for any info.
Avatar f tn I was prescribed anti-depressents which calmed me but the headaches continued. I was then sent for a MRI head and neck scan without dye which came back clear. I have also had a ct scan of bowel and several other tests which again have been ok. I am now feeling sick but my GP will not send me for any more tests. I have a fear of cancer after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer ten years ago which turned out to be a complete mistake.
Avatar n tn Lymph nodes enlarge when there is an infection. The head and neck area have an extensive network of lymph nodes. These lymph nodes function like a filter, and thus increase in size in the presence of infection to filter out organisms. Even with treatment, some lymph nodes remain enlarged. A recurrent infection would further increase the size of the lymph node. However, there are other conditions that can present with lymph node enlargement. Head and neck malignancy is an example.
Avatar f tn You raise a great question, but the jury is still out on this issue. The effects of cellphone radiation on head and neck tumors has not been shown but also not been extensively studied." to my follow up question re 'can we test for this' and could there be a relation to the head jerking, he said: "There's no way to test for this, and I certainly don't think it has any relation to your head jerking." how would you feel?
580765 tn?1274919360 s disease,[1] trauma, radiation myelopathy,[2] vitamin B12 deficiency (subacute combined degeneration), and compression of the spinal cord in the neck from any cause such as cervical spondylosis, disc herniation, tumor, and Arnold-Chiari malformation. Lhermitte's Sign may also appear during or following high dose chemotherapy. [3] This is the Wikipedia definition of this "phenomenon" and actually there are quite a few people on there that have it...but not me...
Avatar f tn Second, is pain necesarily a part of ovarian cancer? Third, please comment on caking (and treatment and results). Thank you.
1179456 tn?1263926811 It is used to treat many cancers and other medical conditions. It is used for leukemias, lymphomas, breast cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancers, and other cancers. This medicine also works on the immune system and is commonly used to treat psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. If used for arthritis or psoriasis, the drug is only given once a week. so u have u r answer.. i hope...
Avatar m tn Hello im 18 and I have been having mysterious aches and pains , i have alot of blood test ? if it was cancer wouldnt they have picked it up by now , or seen something was off and wrong ... and its fusterating when people dont beilieve you when you say something wrong ya know . I dont know what to do , I ran HIV test on me all other STDs and nothing i dont know whats wrong im starting to think its in my head like people are telling me . but could it be cancer ..
1816210 tn?1327354884 a transient, short-lasting sensation felt at the back of the neck, lower back or other parts of the body following neck movement, commonly flexion. The sensation is usually electric-like but can be tingling, buzzing or otherwise. It propagates rapidly and disappears on resuming normal posture." - "Reappraisal of Lhermitte's sign in multiple sclerosis" Al-Araji AH, Oger J. From the Multiple Sclerosis Journal - August 2005.
Avatar f tn t go away.. so I started to get a lil worried and started checking my neck and head for knots about a 3-4 days later I notice a knot in my neck so I mad a doctor's appointment. The doctor told me she thinks it's a knotted muscle and just give if a few weeks, she went on to ask questions if I been bitten or pulled a muscle I told her I don't think so.. so I let a week go by and the knot stil didn't go away ..
Avatar f tn A cyst is a fluid-filled structure and by definition is benign. A complex cyst is also fluid filled, but has solid structures (walls or septations) within the cyst. The concern with a complex cyst is whether the solid components might (rarely) be malignant. Also, complex cysts can be more difficult to aspirate, since the areas of fluid may be separated into compartments. If there is concern, a biopsy can be done.
5485096 tn?1375574235 So he went through my list of symptoms I brought and he asked about my tingly neck ... I explained and said I always thought it was normal before this... He said " nope not normal it is ms" and he explained the lhermitis sign thing .. I already knew that thanks to my research and this awesome site :) Now he is sending me for a spine MRI... Not looking forward to that... Machine scares me lol. But if there is a lesion on spine I will go past the clinical definition. ...
Avatar n tn I found what I believe is a lump on the top part of my breast. The only time that I feel it is when my arm is behind my head. It's sore when I push on it. It's not a round lump. I am thinking it's nothing because I can only feel it when my arm is behind my head. Could this be cancer and should I get it checked out?
Avatar f tn My boyfriend has just undergone chemotherapy and radiotherapy for head and neck cancer .... he has had tonsils removed, lymph glands removed and still has the sore throat when swallowing , a feeling s if there is something at the back of the throat . A few weeks ago he had a camera up the nose and down the throat and found to have a lesion on the vocal cord ...he's waiting to go have another biopsie on this , do you think this could be another case of cancer ?
Avatar n tn Oral HPV has no preference oral or vaginal, its equally satisfied to live in either place, it loves mucosa. Testing every biopsy and reporting HPV positive or negative head and neck cancers is now standard requirement teachings hospitals, but its still relatively new. I work in a giant teaching hospital in pathology. 90% of all base of tongue and tonsil cancer are hpv. we are finding up to half of all oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, nasopharyngeal cancers are hpv related.