Cancer of the tonsil is a rare type of head and neck cancer. Cancer happens when abnormal cells start to divide and grow in an uncontrolled way. Symptoms often include a painless neck lump and a sore ...

Tonsil cancer is a type of head and neck cancer ... The story we often hear is, “I was shaving, and I felt a lump in my neck.” Most of the time patients don’t have a lot of other symptoms.