Head and neck cancer is a group of cancers that starts within the mouth, nose, throat, larynx, sinuses, or salivary glands. Symptoms may include a lump or sore that does not heal, a sore throat that does not go away, trouble swallowing, or a change in the voice. There may also be unusual bleeding, facial swelling, or trouble breathing. Even as cancer is fast turning into an epidemic in India, Of the total cancer cases that are likely to go up from 979,786 cases in the year 2010 to 1,148,757 cases in the year 2020, Cases of head and neck cancers are estimated to be 122,643 and 53,148 cases, respectively by 2020 which is alarming to a large extent.
