Link to smoking and alcohol
HEAD and neck cancer is an umbrella term for tumours affecting the eye, mouth, lip, tongue, throat, voice box, salivary glands, nose and sinuses.
Oral cancers of the mouth, lip and tongue are diagnosed in 5,325 Britons each year and cause 1,851 deaths.
An estimated 85 per cent of head and neck cancers are linked to tobacco use, and the tumours are also associated with drinking alcohol.
People who smoke and drink are at greater risk of developing the cancers than those who do either alone.
There are three main types of treatment for head and neck cancers: surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
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