Neck Cancer Diagnoses

Neck cancers include malignancies found in the locations of the neck, pharynx, and larynx.  The below list if NOT all-inclusive.  Examples of neck cancers are as follows:

  • Melanoma
  • Basal Cell Carcinoma of the skin
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the skin
  • Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Pharyngeal Cancer
    • Keratinizing Squamous Cell Carcinoma,
    • Non-keratinizing Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    • Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Tongue Cancer
    • Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
    • Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
    • Polymorphous Low-Grade Carcinoma
  • Oropharyngeal Cancer
    • Tonsillar Cancer
    • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    • Salivary Gland Cancer
    • Lymphoma
    • Minor Salivary Gland Tumors
    • Lymphoepithelioma
  • Hypopharyngeal Cancer
    • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    • Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
    • Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
    • Lymphoma
  • Laryngeal Cancer
    • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    • Adenocarcinoma
    • Sarcoma
    • Chondrosarcoma
    • Lymphoma
    • Polasmacytoma
  • Thyroid Cancer
    • Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
    • Papillary
    • Follicular
    • Medullary
  • Sarcoma
    • Osteosarcoma
    • Fibrosarcoma
    • Dermatofibrosarcoma
    • Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma
    • Fibromatosis
    • Liposarcoma
    • Leiomyosarcoma
    • Rhabdomyosarcoma
    • Ectomesenchymoma
    • Malignant Schwannoma
    • Malignant Mesenchymoma
    • Malignant Ganglioma
  • Sarcoma in blood vessels
    • Angiosarcoma
    • Hemangioendothelioma
    • Hemangiopericytoma
    • Solitary Fibrous Tumor
    • Vascular Sarcoma
  • Ewing Sarcoma (Endocrine)
  • Spinal Cord Malignant Tumors
    • Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
    • Malignant Schwannoma
    • Solitary Plasmactoma
    • Osteosarcoma
    • Chondrosarcoma
    • Ewing's Sarcoma
    • Chordoma
    • Lymphoma
    • Multiple Myeloma

 

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