Cancer that starts anywhere in the oropharynx is called oropharyngeal cancer. Your doctor may also call it by the part it has grown in, like tonsil or tongue base cancer. Most oropharyngeal cancers start in the cells that line the surface of the throat (called squamous cell carcinomas).
Doctors often can’t explain why a person gets cancer. But we do know what makes some cancers more likely.
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