Tonsillitis - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
Aug 12, 2025 · Why do tonsils get infected? The tonsils are the immune system's first line of defense against germs and viruses that enter the mouth. This work puts the tonsils at high risk …
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Tonsil cancer: What is it and how do you …
Apr 9, 2025 · Tonsil cancer is a type of head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancers include cancers of the tongue; the back of the tongue, which you can't see when you look in the …
Radiation side effects with H&N cancer. When will they ever end?
Apr 23, 2023 · After receiving a full course of radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma to the left tonsil area, lingering side effects had to be faced. My very professional oncologist said I should …
HPV Tonsil cancer: I'm very nervous about chemo and radiation
Jan 4, 2025 · I also had HPV+ tonsil cancer and was scared to death about the treatment but after much research and consultation ended up having 35 radiation sessions and 6 chemo (cisplatin).
Both tonsils have disappeared - Mayo Clinic Connect
Aug 21, 2024 · My left tonsil disappeared after coughing out what I thought was just a huge tonsil stone the size of a marble in the middle of the night. I got on here and it said tonsils can …
The link between HPV and throat cancer
Jun 20, 2024 · "Largely in the oropharynx — this part of the throat that is at the tonsil and then circling around to the back of the tongue, and it's where all of this lymphoid-rich tissue lives," …
Anyone had surgery (TORS) with no radiation or chemo after?
Jul 13, 2024 · In 2008 I was officially Stage IVB T2N3M0 on left tonsil caused by HPV and 3 infected lymph nodes. I had 35 rounds (7 weeks) of radiation which amounted to 70 Gy and 3 …
Less is more: The new approach to treating HPV-related throat …
Apr 25, 2023 · By Sharon Doering-Domanus Almost all sexually active men and women get human papillomavirus (HPV) during their life. In many cases, your body clears the infection. In …
扁桃体炎 - 症状与病因 - 妙佑医疗国际 - Mayo Clinic
Sep 3, 2022 · 扁桃体炎是扁桃体发炎，扁桃体是位于咽喉后部的两个椭圆形组织垫，每侧各有一个扁桃体。扁桃体炎的症状和体征包括扁桃体肿、咽喉疼痛、吞咽困难和颈部两侧淋巴结肿痛。 …
Tonsillectomy & neck lymph node removal at the sometime surgery
Jul 13, 2025 · Yesterday I posted my experience with tonsil cancer on this forum. In my case surgery was not presented as an option due to required healing before radiation and chemo.