Characterize surrounding structures and organs for potential sites of primary malignancy or other pathologies. Although the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Cancer Foundation considers ...

What caused an otherwise healthy 23-year-old man to suddenly develop a large painless mass on the left side of his neck? That's what Jianyong Zhang, MD, and Xin Zhu, MM, of Guizhou Provincial People's ...

Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital have developed a blood test, or liquid biopsy, for head and neck cancer associated with the human papilloma virus (HPV) that was shown in a ...

Comparison of tongue cancer survival among White and Black cancer patients: An exploratory analysis of the SEER database. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

With roughly 80% of jobs being sedentary, often requiring several hours of sitting stooped in front of a computer screen, neck pain is a growing occupational hazard. Smartphones and other devices have ...

A large cyst or mass in the neck, especially one measuring 5 to 6 centimeters, should be evaluated by a doctor to rule out serious conditions. Experts say neck masses could be related to benign cysts, ...

It’s no secret that air pollution is tied to lung disease and cancer, but a new study sheds light on the significant role of pollution when it comes to head and neck cancer. Mass General Brigham ...

A 12-year-old girl was brought to her pediatrician by her parents for reevaluation of a midline neck mass that, as far as the patient and her parents could recall, "had been present for a long time." ...