Throat cancer and pharyngitis both share some of the same symptoms, such as difficulty swallowing, sore throat, or swelling in the neck. Sometimes people are still confused between these two diseases. Let's learn how the symptoms of each disease and how to tell them apart.

Nasopharyngeal cancer is one of the 10 most common cancers in Vietnam and is very difficult to detect because the tumor is located deep inside the nasal cavity and throat, along with atypical symptoms similar to common ENT diseases. Therefore, the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal cancer needs to be diagnosed using imaging techniques to be able to give accurate results.