“Doc. what is head and neck cancer, huh?” “Head and neck cancer refers to malignant tumors that originate in the organs or tissues of the head and neck, including the lips, mouth, nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, salivary glands, and other sites of development.” “Lips, oral cavity I know, what pharynx, what gland, I still don’t know where you are talking about” “As long as cancer occurs in the head and neck where it can be seen directly or indirectly with a mirror, it is head and neck cancer la, you should come to Head and Neck Kole. “Oh, how do you get head and neck cancer?” “The three main causative factors of head and neck cancer: smoking, drinking and HPV infection.” “I’ll quit smoking tomorrow. ” “Tomorrow I’ll quit smoking, I’ll quit drinking. Seriously this time.” “Wait, what’s HPV, never had it?” “HPV, human papillomavirus, HPV infection is the primary causative factor in the development of cervical cancer.” “Oh …… wait, cervical cancer? How does it get to the head and neck?” “Well …… certain lifestyle habits, you know!” “Oh ……!!!! , what are the chances of a person getting head and neck cancer?” “According to the 2012 incidence report China’s oral cancer incidence rate is 3.28/100,000 and nasopharyngeal cancer incidence rate is 3.61/100,000” “You mean 7 out of every 100,000 people will hit the jackpot! In case of head and neck cancer, can it be cured?” “Cancer patients are treated in terms of survival rate, the 5-year survival rate for head and neck cancer is around 60% overall, and can reach 80% in early stages and less than 20% in late stages.” “Ah, only 5 years to live?” “I’m not saying you can only live 5 years, I’m saying there are so many people who can live past 5 years and continue to live 5 years later!!!” “Oh, what is the treatment for head and neck cancer?” “Surgery-based combination therapy, such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and molecular targeted therapy! ” “You’re not overdoing it, cheating the people out of their money!” “There is no such thing, the whole world is treated in this way, the United States has the American guidelines, China has the Chinese guidelines, which are all based on clinical research, and are the most reasonable treatment strategies according to the current knowledge. Early stage tumors can be treated with either surgery alone or radiation therapy, middle to late stage tumors will need chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy in conjunction to get the best survival time and quality of life, and sometimes skin is taken from other areas to repair the defects from the resection and to join very thin blood vessels together.” “Sounds a bit complicated then, does having the surgery have an impact on your life?” “Early stage tumors have a relatively small impact on life after surgery, while intermediate and late stage tumors will have some impact on appearance as well as speech, mouth opening, chewing, swallowing and other functions after surgery. For example, if the tumor grows on the tongue, and a part of the tongue is cut off it will definitely affect eating and speaking.”