Symptoms often include a painless neck lump and a sore throat. The main risk factors for tonsil cancer are smoking, drinking alcohol and infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV). Most tonsil ...

Throat cancer typically starts in the squamous cell layer of mouth tissue ... It can appear on the tongue, the tonsils, or the top of the mouth. Unlike some ulcers and other lesions like canker ...

Earlier this month ultra-marathon running academic revealed the swollen glands in his neck after having 'a bit of a cold' were a sign of squamous cell carcinoma of the right tonsil — a type ...

HPV is a common virus spread via sexual contact, which can cause cervical and throat cancer. Most infections clear on their own, however high-risk types like HPV-16 are connected with severe cases.