Neck lymph nodes can also swell up from non-cancerous conditions such as infection, so swelling alone does not prove cancer. However, larger, harder and more persistent swellings are more likely to be cancerous. Nerve Syndromes result from lymph nodes getting invaded by cancer, then enlarging and pressing upon crucial nerves for the face. The nerves then fail. These will worsen if untreated.
Cancer can spread to any area in the body, but most likely goes to lung, liver, bone brain.
New symptoms in these areas are very suspicious for spread in the patient with a large throat cancer. The base of tongue and tonsil are very close to each other in the back of the throat, and are behind the last molar in the mouth. CancerAnswers's material explains, in plain English, the definition, types, risk factors, frequency, evaluation, historical and latest effective treatments for base of tongue and tonsil cancers. We describe surgery, radiation and chemotherapy along with their side effects and results. This is just an excerpt of CancerAnswers's report on Tongue Base and Tonsil Cancer.