Head and neck cancer


Paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer
Lip and oral cavity cancer
Nasopharyngeal cancer
Oropharyngeal cancer
Hypopharyngeal cancer
Laryngeal cancer
Salivary gland cancer
Parathyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer

There are also metastatic head and neck cancers in which the primary tumor where the cancer originated may or may not be known.

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