Hypopharyngeal Cancer
Hypopharyngeal cancer is usually squamous cell cancer by type. It occurs in the tissues below the throat you can see through an open mouth and often just at the opening of the oesophagus (gullet or swallowing tube). The Hypopharynx has 3 areas – the piriform fossa, the post cricoid region and posterior pharyngeal.
Symptoms
The commonest symptoms are of voice change, sometimes associated with pain and /or earache. Sometimes, depending on the location of cancer there will be difficulty or pain with swallowing. Some patients with hypopharyngeal cancer also have a neck lump where cancer has spread to nearby lymph glands.
Treatments
Most early and medium-sized tumours are usually treated with radiotherapy or radiotherapy and chemotherapy (chemoradiotherapy).
Larger tumours that have already destroyed the cartilage or bone of the larynx or burst out of the larynx require more aggressive treatment. This is usually in the form of a Laryngectomy (with a pharyngotomy).
Most tumours are treated with the aim of curing the patient.
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