Head and Neck Cancer

Head and neck cancer refers to a group of related cancers. These cancers can affect all areas of the Head and Neck, including the mouth, nose, throat, voice box, and glands that make saliva.

The symptoms for head and neck cancer differ greatly depending on what type of cancer is present. If you have:

● A change in the voice or hoarseness that doesn’t go away / speech problems
● A sore throat that does not go away
● Difficulty chewing / swallowing or pain when swallowing
● A lump in the neck / jaw / mouth that doesn’t go away
● Coughing while swallowing
● A lump / sore / ulcer on the lips or in the mouth
● A red or white patch on the gums, tongue, tonsils, or lining of the mouth
● Difficulty opening the mouth fully
● Draining ear / unexplained spontaneous nasal bleeds
● Troubled breathing
● Unintended weight loss

Diagnosis will include

- thorough examination of the head and neck area, Endoscopy

- Biopsy (removal of small amount of abnormal tissue from the area where the cancer is suspected and sending for analysis)
- Diagnostic Imaging for Head and Neck Cancer (CT, MRI, PET SCAN)
- Laboratory tests

Managing head and neck cancer - at SAGAR ENT, our goal is to not only eliminate the disease, but also to restore our patient’s function, and ability to recover.

Treatment options depend on site, type, stage of cancer, as well as your overall health, and may include:

Surgery
Radiation therapy
Chemotherapy

Laryngeal (voice box) cancer ( type of throat cancer )

When cancer strikes the larynx, or voice box, many patients have two primary concerns. One is beating the cancer. The other is the risk of losing their voices and their ability to swallow and breathe due to cancer or cancer treatment.

which ensures our patients have access to the best medical, surgical and radiation oncology expertise
some cancers need radiation treatment, some need surgical removal

surgery - our surgeons here use an innovative approach called transoral laser microsurgery when possible. This minimally invasive approach involves operating through the mouth, eliminating the need for an incision in the neck. This approach is associated with improved rates of preservation of the voice box during cancer treatment.

Nasal Cavity and Sinus Cancer

It can be a shock to learn that you have or may have cancer in your nasal cavity or sinuses
cancers may only cause minor symptoms. Some may have just a chronic stuffy nose, headaches, or sinus infection-like symptoms
Nasal cavity and sinus cancers are rare and can be complex to treat.

we will devise a personalized treatment plan based on your particular cancer diagnosis
When possible, we use a minimally invasive endoscopic approach to remove nasal cavity and sinus cancers. No incisions are used. Instead, our expert surgeons operate through the nose using tiny instruments. We use the latest equipment, which help our surgeons complete the operation with the fewest and smallest cuts possible. As a result, our patients recover quickly with minimal side effects.

Salivary and Parotid Gland Cancer

the salivary glands make saliva, which your mouth uses to digest food and fight off infections. The glands are located in various places inside and near your mouth The major salivary glands:

1)Parotid glands: Located near the ears
2)Submandibular glands: Near your jaw
3)Sublingual glands: Under the floor of your mouth
The minor salivary glands: You also have hundreds of microscopic glands located inside the mouth and throat area.
The type of surgery used to treat salivary gland cancers depends on where the cancer is located.
We have expertise in operating on the face and neck. Our primary goal is to remove the tumor. But our surgeons also aim to prevent any functional losses after the surgery. The areas around the salivary gland contain various nerves and structures that you use to smile and close your eyes. Our surgeons are highly experienced at removing cancerous tumors and tissue while taking care to avoid harming facial nerves and structures whenever possible.

Mouth Cancer

Cancer can strike the mouth, or oral cavity, in multiple places:

The tongue, Lips, Gums, the floor of the mouth underneath the tongue, the hard roof of the mouth, The inside of the cheeks (also known as the buccal mucosa), The space behind the wisdom teeth (also called the retromolar trigone), tonsils.

Your care plan will involve one or more of treatments: Surgery, Radiation therapy Chemotherapy, or cancer-killing drugs