Any type of cancer, cancer is still one of the deadly disease and become ghost society. Of the many types of cancer, head and neck includes having a high risk of death. The reason, most cases of violence or cancer of the head and neck diagnosed already advanced stage. On stage, the cancer will be more difficult to treat.
Actually, most of the cases of cancer can be prevented. Because most of the incidence of cancer caused by lifestyle factors, infectious disease, and environmental or work connected with hazardous substances. In developing countries, the trigger for the high incidence of cancer is the use of tobacco, alcohol, a little bit of vegetable and fruit eating, as well as chronic infection of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and some type of Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV).
Prevention strategies with increasing avoidance on the trigger factors of cancer, vaccination against HPV and hepatitis B virus, control the intake of substances of danger, as well as reduce the blow to the Sun. In the meantime, to control the increase in the incidence of cancer should be promote the movement early detection of cancer. Early detection can lose one-third of the burden of cancer cases detected and treated early.
Early detection of cancer is based on the observation that treatment is more effective when cancer is detected early. Its purpose is to detect cancer when local or has not spread. The early a cancer is detected, the greater are the chances to recover.
Unfortunately, detecting cancer not easy because the disease is often not have symptom until it reaches an advanced stage. Therefore, in this general practitioner including a prominent role. Since most people will come to a general practitioner for treatment of a disease for the first time. When the disease should be handled by a specialist, then the doctor who refer patients.
Early detection has the purpose of improving the number of life of patients. In addition, to prevent the occurrence of metastasis or displacement of the form of the disease.
Meanwhile, on the incidence of cancer of the head and neck, two thirds were found in the cavity of the mouth and larynx. Its distribution is 42 percent for malignant tumors of the mouth cavity, 25 percent of the larynx, 15 percent of the orofaring and hipofaring, seven percent of major salivary glands, four percent of the nasopharynx, four percent of the nose and para-nasal sinuses, three percent of the thyroid, skin and other connective tissue.
The type of cancer is renal cell carcinoma skuamous including 90 percent of the ferocity of the head and neck. While adenokarsinoma the usual occurs on a major or minor salivary gland is the next most frequent type of case. Tobacco is the cause of the most frequently mentioned in the development of cell squamous. Thus smokers and heavy drinkers have the risk of renal cell carcinoma skuamous especially in the cavity of the mouth, pharynx. Oral hygiene is also suspected as the cause.
Some of the symptoms and signs are often complain about the head and neck cancer patients in general i.e. the lump in the neck, the reduced hearing in the ear and head pains. Meanwhile, some complaints are felt in the nose and the occurrence of bleeding, or is a deafness are not uncommon. Symptoms can also be shown by the presence of pain in the throat.
On the other hand, double vision became one of the signs or indications of cancer of the head and neck. It also changes the voice, cough in long period, weight loss without reason, as well as respiratory problems.
The doctor has a major role in prevention of cancer. Should be emphasized in patients with these symptoms to stop smoking, avoiding alcohol and manage stress. Then it should also be wary if there are any changes to the skin.
There are several methods that are specific to the treatment of malignancies of the head and neck. In between the radiation therapy, surgical excision, laser excision, chemotherapy, combinations. Cancer of the head and neck of the influential on the quality of one's life. It is caused by the structure of the anatomy of head and neck are mutually adjacent and interplay with each other.
