could this be throat cancer?

Question:

i am a 26 year old smoker- and i have a lump in my neck that i noticed last week- it seems quite large and is tender when i touch it, though the swelling hasn't gone down much the pain has. i have a pain when i close my jaw on the other side- i am worried that it may be serious and have now smoked my last packet of cigarettes and booked in to see a doctor. should i be worried though? many thanks to anybody who can help

Answers:
You should immediately go to an oncologist and he will have to take out lump and send it for biopsy. By this you will be sure if you have the disease or not. Anyway you have to remove your unwanted, painful, fearsome lump. Do it immediately and even if it is cancer it can be treated easily unlike other cancers. Do not worry.
For your information I am giving below the details of Throat cancer and the symptoms.

Throat cancer is the layman's way of generally referring to the many kinds of head and neck cancers. In reviewing some of the literature available concerning throat cancer it soon becomes clear that different researchers and practitioners define the area of the throat in different ways. Some define throat cancer as the cancer of the pharynx and so refer to it as pharyngeal cancer which includes the nasopharynx, the area behind the throat (hollow tube at top of throat and behind nose extending down into the neck where it becomes the esophagus (tube leading to the stomach); the oropharynx, area at the base of the tongue, including the soft palate, and tonsils; the hypopharynx, which is the bottom of the throat. Others restrict their definition of throat cancer to include the vocal cords and larynx (voice box). However you define it, most of the cancers in these areas are squamous cell carcinomas. That means that the tumor begins to develop in the tissue lining the hollow organs of the body. These cells tend to rapidly multiply, killing the healthy cells, and, unless they are stopped or slowed down in time, death is imminent. And, regardless of what part of the throat or area surrounding the throat contains the cancer, the effects of this disease on the body systems can be widespread, dangerous, and potentially fatal.

An overview of the symptoms, risk factors, types of throat cancers, treatment of throat cancer, and statistics will be presented followed by the effects of throat cancer on the body system to help better understand what this disease entails and the possible consequences on the systems of the body afflicted with this disease. The conclusion consists of a section focusing on prevention - looking at possible ways of keeping the body’s systems out of harm’s way from this disease.

Possible symptoms
Throat cancer usually begins with symptoms that seem harmless enough, like an enlarged lymph node on the outside of the neck, a sore throat or a hoarse sounding voice. However, in the case of throat cancer, these conditions may persist and become chronic. There may be a lump or a sore in the throat or neck that does not heal or go away. There may be difficult or painful swallowing. Speaking may become difficult. There may be a persistent earache. Other possible but less common symptoms include some numbness or paralysis of the face muscles.

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