Something as simple as hoarseness that lasts a few weeks could be a sign of a deadly cancer. Its one of the many symptoms that arise from the disease of the voice box known as laryngeal cancer.

Currently, it is recommended patients with persistent hoarseness or an unexplained neck lump are investigated for throat or laryngeal cancer. However, Cancer Research UK's Weilin Wu said patients ...

But a hoarse voice lasting for more than three weeks is one of the most common symptoms of laryngeal cancer. It may be an ...

Writing in her book, Breathing Lessons: A Doctor’s Guide to Lung Health, she explained: 'This is due to the cancer impinging on or invading the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which travels down into ...

A Doctor's Guide to Lung Health" noted that a hoarse voice can be due to a recurrent laryngeal nerve affected by the cancer. And she said this was not uncommon in sufferers. She advised ...

One of these is a hoarse voice. According to the Roy ... She explained: “This is due to the cancer impinging on or invading the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which actually travels down into ...

If you have tonsil cancer, a tumor can press into structures in or near your ear, causing pain. Dysphonia, or hoarseness, occurs when something changes the quality of your voice. Your voice may ...

Often linked to laryngitis — an inflammation of the larynx caused by viral infections such as the flu or Covid — hoarseness can persist long after other symptoms subside, leaving patients ...